The enduring popularity of TV crime dramas
TV crime shows have become some of the most popular shows in the world over recent years. Their popularity has resulted in the production of […]
Film Review: Wasp Network
★★★☆☆ French director Olivier Assayas makes his Netflix debut with Wasp Network, a tale of spies, politics and refugees in a mid-1990s Cuba and Florida […]
Film Review: On the Record
★★★★☆ As the public allegations against Harvey Weinstein mounted in 2017, #MeToo became a viral campaign exposing the culture of sexual assault not just in […]
Film Review: The Girl With a Bracelet
★★★★☆ Despite its bland paperback title, French writer-director Stéphane Demoustier proves hasty assumptions wrong with his gripping, thoughtful third feature, courtroom drama The Girl With […]
Film Review: Fanny Lye Deliver’d
★★★★★ Most filmmakers who venture into the heritage industry of an English period drama make sure the detail shines on the screen: beautiful linen collars, […]
Interview: Thomas Clay, dir. Fanny Lye Deliver’d
It’s been over a decade since British indie director Thomas Clay had a new film set for release. After 2008’s Soi Cowboy, Clay spent time […]
Film Review: Joan of Arc
★★★☆☆ To many artists, from Morrissey to Victor Fleming, Joan of Arc has proved a rich canvas to reflect upon female suffrage. The aim, whether […]
Film Review: Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
★★★☆☆ A charming, if an insistently odd musical representation of Joan of Arc’s early years, Bruno Dumont’s latest offering Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of […]
Cinema’s greatest gamblers
Throughout Hollywood history, there’s been a lot of characters who love a flutter in one form or another. Whether slick professionals, hopeless addicts, or a […]
Film Review: On a Magical Night
★★★☆☆ Magical realism is the order of the day in Christophe Honoré’s surreal, high concept sex dramedy On a Magical Night. After her husband, Richard […]
The best actors to have appeared around a poker table
Poker scenes have been cropping up in movies and on TV since the industries began. The game is incredibly versatile, depicting everything from a fun […]
Film Review: Da 5 Bloods
★★★★★ Four surviving members of a squad calling themselves the ‘5 Bloods’ return to Vietnam to recover their fallen brother’s remains and retrieve a sizeable […]
Full house! The best bingo scenes in film and TV
Although bingo was initially a popular game in retirement villages and community centres, it is gradually becoming the favourite of young men and women in […]
Film Review: The Australian Dream
★★★★☆ In the febrile context of the #BlackLivesMatter protests arrives The Australian Dream, Daniel Gordon’s study of the appalling treatment of Aboriginal AFL star Adam Goodes […]
The rising popularity of Netflix during lockdown
When it was founded in 1997, Netflix first started as a DVD rental-by-mail service. But it is now one of the largest media streaming services […]
Film Review: Guest of Honour
★★★☆☆ Canadian director Atom Egoyan’s Guest of Honour is an intriguing, but misshapen and sometimes bizarre family melodrama. After her father Jim’s (David Thewlis) death, […]
Film Review: A Rainy Day in New York
★★★☆☆ Woody Allen returns with his 49th film, A Rainy Day in New York, as two young lovers decide to spend a couple of days […]