Criterion Review: Multiple Maniacs
★★★☆☆ Depravity and bad taste are the watchwords of director John Waters’ unique oeuvre, none more so than his unhinged 1970 effort Multiple Maniacs...
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3 May 2024
Film Review: Challengers
★★★★☆ With Luca Guadagnino’s terrific Challengers, the acclaimed director of Call Me By Your Name brings us the sub-genre we never knew we needed: the erotic tennis thriller.
24 April 2024
Film Review: Abigail
★★☆☆☆ Directors Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett’s “Abigail” mashes up crime caper and monster movie, but fails to deliver fear or humor. Spoilery trailers and unoriginal characters overshadow promising elements, resulting in a dull, lifeless experience lacking creativity and wit.
17 April 2024
Film Review: Civil War
★★★★☆ In Alex Garland’s Civil War, a group of journalists embark on a road trip to interview the US President amidst a second American Civil War, while exploring media’s dehumanizing relationship with violence.
Christopher Machell
DVD Review: Property Is No Longer a Theft
★★★★☆ How is the ownership of one object assigned to one person or another, and what does the nature of ownership say about the...
Film Review: Get Out
★★★★☆ Relatively cheap and quick to shoot, horror is often the favoured genre of young directors. Luminaries like Sam Raimi and Steven Spielberg both...
DVD Review: The Creeping Garden
★★★☆☆ A pulsating, amorphous mass that moves of its own volition, it acts with apparent intelligence in its endless quest to find and absorb...
Film Review: Visaaranai
★★★★☆ Director Vetrimaaran’s third film is first and foremost about a serious and ongoing problem in Indian civic society, but in the current world...
DVD Review: September
★★★★☆ Woody Allen has always had a knack for portraying the awkward sadness that comes with living. His films excel at capturing phases in...
DVD Review: Another Woman
★★★★☆ Luke-warmly received on release, Woody Allen’s Another Woman has rightly gained recognition over the years. This melancholy drama is a tender, complex and...
Film Review: Mildred Pierce
★★★★★ The classic film noirs – The Maltese Falcon, Double Indemnity, The Big Sleep – are not always known for their complex or sympathetic female...
