Animalia review – sci-fi in the most elusive…
Itto (Oumaïma Barid) is alienated. After a series of elegantly composed shots of a house’s opulent if empty interiors, she is shown
Cover-Up review – a film worthy of Seymour Hersh
When investigative journalist Seymour “Sy” Hersh is asked what made him a suitable candidate to run his father’s store in Chicago,
Dreamers review – presents the hell of seeking…
If there’s one thing that 2025 has done really well it’s to place out in the open the fact that
It Was Just An Accident review – straightforward…
You’d be right to want to exact cold, hard revenge on a person who tortured you and planted nightmare imagery of
Jafar Panahi: ‘We shouldn’t look at cinema too…
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Female friendship and rebellion: Nana at 20
Starring actress Aoi Miyazaki and pop star Mika Nakashima, Kentaro Otani’s 2005 film adaption of Ai Yazawa’s manga ‘Nana’ endures because
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review –…
It’s never easy to deliver a sequel to a successful whodunnit, much less a threequel. At this point, the amateur sleuths have begun
Christy review – this ain’t ringing no box office…
When Robert De Niro radically transformed his body to play the boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, it meant he was
Pillion review – a refreshingly sexy and touching…
Although based on the 2020 novel ‘Box Hill’ by Adam Mars-Jones, Harry Lighton’s Pillion is mostly unrecognisable from its source
Zodiac Killer Project review – all filler, all…
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