Film Review: Honey Boy (2019)
Shia LaBeouf has been an actor since he was a child. And, like many others who also started out young in Hollywood, his transition…
Film Review: The Lighthouse (2019)
Director Robert Eggers’ second film is a dreary, deranged dream – strange and surreal and inscrutable. In The Lighthouse, Eggers, with a screenplay he co-wrote…
Film Review: Parasite (2019)
South Korean director Bong Joon-ho has spent his career making expertly crafted, genre-defying films. With his latest film he has managed to outdo himself…
Film Review: It Chapter Two (2019)
For the creatively named It Chapter Two, sequel to 2017’s It, director Andy Muschietti, screenwriter Gary Dauberman, and cinematographer Checco Varese all return. This…
Film Review: Midsommar (2019)
Writer-director Ari Aster is already proving himself to be one of the sharpest voices in contemporary horror. After his impressive directorial debut Hereditary last…
Film Review: Thunder Road (2018)
Thunder Road is a deeply humanistic film. Starring, directed and written by Jim Cummings, it focuses on a man – who is a son,…
Film Review: Burning (2018)
Burning is (forgive the pun) a slow-burn. It is loosely based on the short story ‘Barn Burning’ by eccentric and celebrated Japanese novelist Haruki…
Film Review: The Guilty (2018)
Films taking place in a single setting face distinct challenges. But, if done well, these challenges can be converted into opportunities which only highlight,…
Film Review: Capharnaüm (2018)
Is it fair that our children often bear the burden of the worlds that they are brought into? Capharnaüm, directed by Lebanese director Nadine…
Film Review: Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Acerbic and hysterical, Sorry to Bother You, directed and written by Boots Riley, is a scathing indictment of capitalism. Imagining an alternative vision of…