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....
Bohemian Rhapsody is a poor tribute act to one of music’s greatest talents
Queen Won't Rock You in this half-arsed biopic
Enchanted by the power of on-screen magic
Serena Arthur explores how our perceptions of magic transform throughout life
‘Halloween’ is a bloody good entry in the series
40 years after the original film changed the slasher genre forever, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Myers face off once more...
It’s one small step for Damien Chazelle: ‘First Man’ review
The director of 'Whiplash' and 'La La Land' bring his best to this much-anticipated Neil Armstrong biopic
22 July: Netflix dramatises Norway’s darkest day
With 22 July, Paul Greengrass has answered the question of how to convert tragedy into film. In handling the harrowing 2011 Norway attacks that...
‘A Star Is Born’ as Bradley Cooper makes an impressive directorial debut
"It's the same story told over and over; all an artist can do is say how they see it"
Bringing Doctor Who out of the past
Regeneration, one of Doctor Who’s most iconic plot ideas, bakes the theme of rebirth in the show’s very DNA, yet it is important to...
Krypton: Reinventing the Superhero genre
By virtue of being a prequel, Krypton already had critics poised to question whether we really needed a TV show exploring Superman’s homeworld. Surely...
The Bodyguard: Recovering from the TV event of the year
It’s not hard to figure out why the nation has been so gripped by The Bodyguard this September. The show is a political thriller...
The appeal of dystopian drama
Why have we produced so many stories about the end of the world as we know it?
Crazy Rich Asians review — a rom-com deserving of the big-screen
Whether it's a landmark in Asian representation on film, a slap in the face to Netflix, or a great romantic-comedy, Crazy Rich Asians can be enjoyed by pretty much anyone
Fandom: democracy or tyranny?
Hollywood's decisions have become increasingly determined by internet fandoms
The Summer Movie Season: A Retrospective
From the hits to the flops, these are the films that defined this years summer movie season
BlacKkKlansman review – Spike Lee’s return to form?
The film may be based on an outrageous true story, but little will prepare you for Spike Lee's polemical parallels between the 1970s and the current state of America
