The Bride! — A Scream Of A Film She's really alive! Maggie Gyllenhaal’s confident love letter to cinema and primal, feminist scream is a theatrical tour de force. That means it demands to be seen on the biggest and loudest screen possible—it’s the only...
How to Make a Killing — A Wasted Plot Matt Goddard Kind hearts? There’s a moment about halfway through How To Make A Killing where Margaret Qualley’s Julia laments that she thought Glenn Powell’s Becket Redfellow would be more fun. You may well think the...
Sentimental Value — A Delicately Spun Web Of Family Meta A Scandinavian Jewel Joachim Trier’s delightful family drama taps deeply into themes of family as it treads the line between art and life. Its real power is that it manages to work on so many levels,...
Wuthering Heights — The Quickie And The Dead Third time’s a romance? Taking on Emily Brontë’s gothic romance as a third directorial effort is a big ask. It’s not only the writer’s only novel, but a much-adapted tale that’s been bothering film awards for...
Is This Thing On? — An Exquisite Re-falling In Love Film Worth the punchline. Much has been made of Bradley Cooper’s third film as a director, which takes its inspiration from the life of UK stand-up John Bishop. It’s a killer Hollywood story, albeit...
