Ben Lawrence directs a daring and intimate documentary.
Film Reviews
Reviews of all the latest film releases, from indie festival flicks to big screen blockbusters.
18½ review – a frustratingly uneven take on the Watergate scandal
John Magaro and Willa Fitzgerald star.
The Forgiven review – a moral tale of haves and have-nots taken to its extreme
Ralph Fiennes and Jessica Chastain star in this dark tale of morality.
Thor: Love and Thunder review – funny, heartbreaking… another classic Thor adventure!
A vintage Waititi film that marks Natalie Portman’s thunderous return to the MCU.
Elvis review – Baz Luhrmann’s rock ‘n’ roll spectacle will leave you all shook up
Austin Butler stars as The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll.
Gallant Indies (Indes Galantes) review – a mesmerising and powerful art revolution
Gallant Indies is a mesmerising, rythmic and powerful documentary chronicling an artistic experiment designed to shatter elitist expectations of opera.
The Black Phone review – Ethan Hawke is a man of nightmares in newest horror
From a short story by Joe Hill, comes a deliciously creepy horror.
Lightyear review – nowhere near infinity, never mind beyond
There is no sign of intelligent filmmaking anywhere…
All My Friends Hate Me review – an excruciating dive into millennial paranoia
This quintessentially British horror-comedy is an impeccably observed introspection into millennial angst.
Jurassic World: Dominion review – makes a convincing case for the franchise’s extinction
If this film was erased from existence, nothing would change.