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FILM REVIEWS
Mar 2, 2022
COMPARTMENT No. 6
This Finnish movie only works if you are fully on board with the characters. I wasn’t, so the film left me underwhelmed. One of the most...
Feb 28, 2022
HAUT ET FORT (CASABLANCA BEATS)
The familiarity of the plot and a lack of emotional urgency prevent the picture from truly engaging the audience. If the story of Haut et...
Feb 22, 2022
BELLE
Belle is a visually stunning gem that deserves to be seen by as big an audience as possible. Belle, the new anime by director Mamoru...
Feb 5, 2022
DELICIEUX
The filmmakers deliberately don’t choose for a familiar feelgood narrative yet Délicieux suffers from a strange lack of subtlety. If...
Feb 4, 2022
KING RICHARD
This biopic of Venus and Serena Williams’ father is a perfectly fine yet frustratingly sanitised movie, elevated by a handful of...
Feb 1, 2022
THE RACER
The cycling film has many flaws, but its morals are by far its worst, as it sends a message that not getting caught cheating counts as a...
Jan 31, 2022
NOBODY
The picture’s climax – and plenty of other scenes - could easily be mistaken for an episode of camp eighties TV show The A-Team. It used...
Jan 30, 2022
C'MON C'MON
The episodic structure causes C'mon C'mon to meander from time to time, but I thoroughly enjoyed this poignant throwback to the kind of...
Jan 26, 2022
THE NIGHT HOUSE
The Night House shows that mood, atmosphere and a fine lead performance mean nothing if the denouement falls flat on its face. Mood and...
Jan 25, 2022
THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN
On the surface the movie looks like a traditional biopic, but in the end the oddness and quaintness win out. I had never heard of Louis...
Jan 24, 2022
NIGHTMARE ALLEY
The film looks like a million bucks, but beyond the gloss lies a movie that’s emotionally hollow, bloated and self-indulgent. With...
Jan 21, 2022
EVERYBODY'S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE
The picture might have its heart in the right place, a lack of memorable songs or fine acting performances make it hardly worth talking...
Jan 19, 2022
WRATH OF MAN
The film makes a boggling muddle of what should be a straightforward premise and displays a curious lack of style and adrenaline. What to...
Jan 14, 2022
7 PRISONERS
Far from exhilarating visuals and characters drawn in the broadest of strokes compound the problem of a by-the-numbers narrative. A young...
Jan 11, 2022
RON'S GONE WRONG
There are enough scenes that pop, either visually or emotionally, to enjoy this coming-of-age story more than you would perhaps assume....
Jan 9, 2022
LAMB
The imminent dread of the narrative and the foreboding backdrops of the rugged Icelandic landscape merge into a dark, haunting,...
Jan 8, 2022
MANDIBLES
Despite an ultra-brief runtime of 75 minutes, Mandibles is as boring as it is odd and as frustrating as it is misguided. The latest entry...
Jan 7, 2022
LICORICE PIZZA
Licorice Pizza drags in places, indulges in star cameos and hasn’t got the most engaging of stories, but it’s never not entertaining....
Jan 5, 2022
THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
The Tragedy of Macbeth might have worked better if Joel Coen had used the same rigorous stripped-down approach to Shakespeare's text as...
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