What Wasteman shows us about the reality of…
Director Cal McMau spent 10 years doing research, mainly via watching phone-captured footage smuggled out of prison and uploaded to YouTube,
RIP Frederick Wiseman – In remembrance of the…
I discovered the work of the American documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman through sheer pot lock. I used to work for the
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert review – the King…
Baz Luhrmann loves Elvis Presley so much, and he’s not ready to let go. After discovering never-before-seen footage of Presley’s
Wasteman review – an exceptionally gritty,…
Recent years have given us so much copaganda – the positive portrayal of policing and prison in popular culture –
The Secret Agent review – Mendonça Filho’s most…
When Marcelo (Wagner Moura) first arrives in Dona Sebastiana’s building, he is greeted by a curious cat whose head is split
Mary Sweeney: ‘David considered The Straight…
Released in 1999, The Straight Story is often overlooked among David Lynch’s filmography for being the most ‘conventional’ or the
Looney Tunes: The Day the Earth Blew Up review –…
The Looney Tunes have admittedly fallen on hard times in recent years. As far as animation was concerned, David Zaslav’s
Little Amélie review – a dazzling little film
A spirited Belgian moppet, indomitable in her curiosity and boasting eyes as green as a rolling summer meadow, learns about life,
Joachim Trier and the science of self-doubt
Walt Whitman famously professed in his poem ‘Song to Myself’ to “contain multitudes”, and in doing so encapsulated the mysteries
How representation of sexual assault is changing…
Sorry, Baby joins the growing number of films that refuse to visualise the moment of sexual violence. Speaking to Little White Lies,