Film Review: Fishbowl California (2018)
byFishbowl California is a tale of two very different lives intersecting at a time of mutual difficulty. Rodney (Steve Olson) is an unemployed manchild…
Film Review: Shoplifters (2018)
byShoplifters is a film with little subtext, overtones or hidden meanings. It’s a film that offers up its narrative and characters simply, and ruminates…
Film Review: The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
byRobert Redford’s alleged swan song film, The Old Man & The Gun, goes against the old adage: finish on a high note. Considering the…
Film Review: Roma (2018)
byRoma appears to be the biggest independent hit of this year. So avant-garde that Netflix is not only producing it, but giving it a…
Review: National Theatre Live: King Lear (2018)
byWhen one of the finest actors of his generation leads in a play by the greatest writer in the history of the English language…
Film Review: Jumpman (2018)
byJumpman gets its title from the main activity around which the film is framed: a boy, Denis (Denis Vlasenko), who leaps in front of…
Film Review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)
byThe Girl in the Spider’s Web takes us back to Sweden and back to Lisbeth Salander; ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’, this time…
Film Review: Boy Erased (2018)
byYou’re not meant to judge a book by its cover and nor should you make assumptions about a film’s quality by the strength of…
Film Review: Suspiria (2018)
byLuca Guadagnino refers to his latest feature Suspiria as a cover version rather than a remake. It’s a fair call; the redo bears little resemblance…
Film Review: Hunter Killer (2018)
byHunter Killer is a bit of a throwback for war movies of late, taking the scene away from the desert battlefield to underwater Russia. Director…