Film Review: Loro (2018)
byItalian maestro Paolo Sorrentino returns to our screens with Loro, an uneven but wickedly entertaining take on Italy’s bizarre former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi….
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Film Review: Eighth Grade (2018)
byFor the third year running, the New Year brings us another terrific film centred on a teenage girl. Last year it was Saoirse Ronan…
Film Review: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
byFew can deny the timeless appeal of the original Mary Poppins. Led by the legendary Julie Andrews in her feature debut, the 1964 classic…
Film Review: Cold War (2018)
byCold War is about damaged people in a damaged country in a damaged world. Polish director Paweł Pawlikowski’s monochrome follow up, and in some…
Film Review: Vice (2018)
byAs Julia Louis-Dreyfus lampoons so wonderfully in her show Veep, the Vice President’s office is notorious for being a powerless vanity title for political…
Film Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018)
byFollowing an Oscar nomination for Bridesmaids back in 2012, Melissa McCarthy is getting Oscar buzz again for her starring role in Can You Ever…
Film Review: Donbass (2018)
byUkrainian film and documentary maker Sergei Loznitsa blends his talent for fact and fiction in his latest work. Donbass, taking its name from the…
Film Review: A Star is Born (2018)
byFollowing the 1937 original, and two further remakes starring Judy Garland in 1954 and Barbra Streisand in 1976, the current version of A Star…
Film Review: First Man (2018)
byThe Apollo space missions were championed for their opportunity to give humanity a different perspective. Those things that seems so important down here on…
Film Review: The Square (2017)
byChristian (Claes Bang) is a top curator at a renowned contemporary art museum in Stockholm. He’s handsome, well-groomed, charming, intelligent and articulate. From this…