DVD Review: ‘To the Wonder’
★★★★☆ Following up 2011’s Palme d’Or-winning The Tree of Life was always going to be a tough gig for American auteur Terrence Malick, but...
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17 October 2024
#LFF 2024: It’s Not Me review
★★★★☆ A swift but singular filmmaking self-portrait, Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me reflects on the French auteur’s 40-year directorial career, as well as his many cinematic – and canine – influences.
10 October 2024
#LFF 2024: Conclave review
★★★★☆ Ralph Fiennes approaches top form as a spiritually and morally-conflicted cardinal during a Vatican Conclave in Edward Berger’s gripping, oft-humorous follow-up to the multi-Oscar-winning All Quiet On the Western Front.
11 March 2024
Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer sweeps the board
The winners of this year’s 96th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
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Film Review: ‘Paradise: Love’
★★★☆☆ The inaugural part of Austrian provocateur Ulrich Seidl’s Paradise trilogy (with all three films receiving staggered releases in the coming months), Paradise: Love...
Film Review: ‘Aguirre, the Wrath of God’ (BFI)
★★★★★ What defines a bona fide cult classic? Is it its bold, inimitable style? It’s army of loyal devotees, perhaps? Or is it its...
DVD Review: ‘Flight’
★★☆☆☆ Nominated for two Academy Awards and marking a return to live-action filmmaking for director Robert Zemeckis, alcohol addiction drama Flight (2012) – on...
Film Review: ‘Beware of Mr. Baker’
★★★★☆ A wildly entertaining and well-drawn portrait of one of music’s most tempestuous figures, first-time director Jay Bulger’s vivid rockumentary Beware of Mr. Baker...
Cannes 2013: ‘The Great Gatsby’ preview
Having previously tackled the seductive world of competitive dance in Strictly Ballroom (1992), updated Bill Shakespeare’s most famous love story in Romeo + Juliet...
Cannes 2013: ‘Only God Forgives’ preview
As the age-old saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Frenetic director Nicolas Winding Refn has clearly taken this mantra to heart...
Film Review: ‘Les Misérables’
★★☆☆☆ Winner of three glittering Oscars, British director Tom Hooper’s all-singing, all-dancing big screen adaptation of Victor Hugo’s classic novel (as well as the...
