On Swift Horses review – no wheel reinvention to…
It is hard to watch On Swift Horses without cynically regarding it as Jacob Elordi’s inevitable gay-for-pay moment. For every up-and-coming
Caught Stealing review – Darren Aronofsky gets…
It feels too easy to say Darren Aronofsky is the one who gets caught stealing in his latest directorial outing,
The Roses review – Cumberbatch and Colman’s…
Marriage and death are inescapably linked. The only way matrimony technically succeeds is through the “till death do us part”
LWLies 109: A Tilda Swinton Reader – Out now!
Inside the issue… Chapter One: Romance First Love On Tilda Swinton’s introduction to the world, in Derek Jarman’s Caravaggio. Words by
Put Your Soul On Your Hand And Walk review – we must keep Fatma Hassona's memory alive
Sepideh Farsi’s video calls with the late Palestinian photographer Fatma Hassona vividly document daily life in Gaza under Israel’s unrelenting
The Life Of Chuck review – soliloquy soup
This year Mike Flanagan, known best for turning horror’s greatest novels into palatable limited television series for Netflix, is switching
The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix
Looking at his last four projects, it seems that Phoenix perfected his precise working formula – hyper-ambitious, complex-to-realise films from
The Regulars review – sweet and relatable
Chances are if you’re a fan of the cinema you’ll have been to The Prince Charles Cinema in London’s Leicester Square.
In defence of the cinema date
When I tell my friend that I’m writing a piece on cinema dates, he gives me a sideways look. “They’re a good third date,”
Young Mothers review – jumps from dramatic peak…
The Dardenne brothers’ new film, Young Mothers, opens at a bus station, one of the unlovely and liminal spaces where their