Film
‘The Godfather: Part II’ at 50
The Godfather: Part II is a film about gangsters. It is also a film about corruption, power, betrayal, succession, revenge, religion, marriage, generational change, filial duty, sibling rivalry, the...
All Of Us Strangers Review – A Haunting Exploration of Love in all its Forms
"In All Of Us Strangers, writer-director Andrew Haigh leads us by the hand into a dreamlike, introspective world. "
‘Bittersweet, immersive and profoundly moving’ – Perfect Days Review
"I don’t think I’ve ever felt so ‘in the moment’ while watching a film as I did with Perfect Days"
Hollywood vs. AI – Is this the end?
"the question on everyone’s lips is: is this the end? The end of special effects teams? The end of video creation? The end of filmmaking?"
Poor Things – Review
Includes some spoilers
Poor Things takes place in a world only Yorgos Lanthimos could create....
Review: Velvet Buzzsaw – “rebellion of art against the pretentious world”
Netflix’s latest thriller stars Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo in a tense satire on the contemporary art world
91st Academy Awards: Predictions
It’s a fascinating mixture of nominees, especially considering the variety of outcomes in precursor awards ceremonies (such as the Golden Globes and BAFTAs), but guessing what should or will win in each category is as subjective as it’s ever been – and even more difficult than ever.
Jonnie Barrow offers his predictions for this year's Oscars.
The year of the underdog: will outsider nominees come out on top at this year’s Oscars?
Awards season is well and truly upon us. After last week’s BAFTAs and Grammy awards, it is inevitably time for the Oscars, the Big...
Sex Education review: exuberantly explicit
It refuses to conform to the tiring tradition of sugar-coating anything that sits outside the realm of the PG-13
The illusion of reality television
Reality television is, then, in many ways a fiction. They tell us they are depicting something akin to an authentic reality, but flatten and stabilise the randomness and contingency of actual life, while refusing to overtly acknowledge the authorial voice behind it.
Mary Queen of Scots review: ‘artistic licence breathes life into history’
Rourke brings a fresh take on the fraught relationship between two women ruling in a man’s world.
Beautiful Boy review: powerful, painful, poignant
Beautiful Boy is unlikely to have an unintentional glamorising effect. We witness the oblivion of being high before the inevitable crash down to a deeper and darker place.
Fast Film: In a Lonely Place unites noir tradition with painfully real romance
Humphrey Bogart is a man addled by loneliness in this cinematic masterclass of subtlety and allegory.
So that’s how Bandersnatch works, but did it snatch our respect?
From a design perspective, Bandersnatch falls into a lot of traps. Choices are quite infrequent and always binary, whereas it's standard for most interactive fiction games to allow you to choose almost every line of character dialogue.
Isabella Welch discusses whether Bandersnatch is revolutionary or just manufactured hype on part of Netflix.
An alternative to ‘Fast Film’
Modern cinema is rubbish - it is time to rediscover some old classics to remind ourselves what it is to be truly moved by film.
Film First: a box of tissues are needed for the first film to make me cry
Director Isao Takahata tugs at the heartstrings until you're bleary-eyed
Les Misérables review: BBC adaptation soars, even without the songs
Heaps of narrative are packed into the latest adaptation, but it is a masterful work of character complexity
Is it still a wonderful life in 2018?
The film may feature angels and an alternate reality, but it is among the most realistic of Christmas films
Aquaman review: DC’s latest offering fails to marvel
Aquaman makes for pleasant viewing, but proves unable to repeat Wonder Woman’s winning formula.
