Smurfs review – a drab exercise in IP filler…
We started, in 2011, with the pop singer-songwriter Katy Perry stepping into the pearly-white high-heels of that most coveted role
Friendship review – The Wario to I Love You Man’s…
Making friends is hard. It’s even harder as an adult – while the media laments the ongoing “male loneliness epidemic”,
A report from the bleeding edge of non-fiction…
Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz has a diary entry that I think about frequently – one of my favorites in literature. On a Wednesday
Athina Rachel Tsangari: ‘It’s about how easily…
The playful surrealism of Greek writer/director Athina Rachel Tsangari’s 2012 second feature, Attenberg, landed her on the map of filmmakers to
Harvest review – remarkably compelling work
As much as British cinema loves a period drama, for whatever reason the trials and tribulations of peasants get a lot less
Long Hot Summer: The mythos of the pool on screen
Later on, we see Ned teaching a little boy to swim in an empty pool, the water having been drained over
The Other Way Around review – a new type of…
You almost can’t quite believe that someone hadn’t had this idea before: a well-to-do creative couple living in a cosy Madrid apartment
Superman | Pavements + Alex Ross Perry | Superman And The Mole Men (1951)
On Truth & Movies this week, we discuss James Gunn’s Superman reboot and talk to Alex Ross Perry about his
Pavements review – a trailblazing docufiction…
It’s been six years since indie darling Alex Ross Perry whet his band-movie palette with the odious ace Her Smell.
Till Tech Do Us Part: Romance in the age of…
“I can feel when you’re watching me, I like it” is the first line uttered by Kathryn (Cate Blanchett) in a cool