Hacks was always a love story
Hacks contains multitudes; at once it’s a giddy comedy, an unpredictable drama, and an endlessly fruitful sitcom, but more than anything, Hacks
Tuner review – woefully off-key
Cinema has the power to shape perceptions of entire groups of people. People with AIDS are Tom Hanks in Philadelphia (1993);
The Dreamed Adventure – first-look review
In Valeska Grisebach’s last film, from 2017, a German laborer in Bulgaria to work on an infrastructure project explores the hillsides
The Man I Love – first-look review
The title of Ira Sachs’ tenth feature film comes from the Ella Fitzgerald ballad of the same name, which Jimmy
Clarissa – first-look review | Little White Lies
Clarissa (Sophie Okonedo) seems on edge the morning of her party. She’s frustrated when her maid fetches the wrong plates
All of a Sudden – first-look review
When we talk about “set pieces” in relationship to cinema, we often think of a jaw-dropping, computer-assisted visual sugar rush that
Has streaming killed Star Wars?
In a 2023 interview, Liam Neeson, who played Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jin in The Phantom Menace, chalked up his disillusionment with the
Kokuho review – a kabuki star is born
Within a short time of being introduced to the budding kabuki performer at the centre of Lee Sang-il’s hit Japanese film
Our Land review – superb doc on the right to roam
It’s very rare that you catch a sighting of the c‑word in these august pages, but its usage is warranted in
The Piano Teacher and The Limits of Desire
Romy keeps fantasising about Samuel, and it’s implied that BDSM now plays some role in her marriage. But, as in