The Secret Agent — A Brilliant Genre-Juggler But the leg came back... The euphemism of a ‘mischievous time’ appears at the beginning and near the end of The Secret Agent. As the eye-catching symbol of a yellow VW Beetle recurs throughout, it’s a...
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...
Hamnet — All The Stage’s Their World "The undiscovered country, at whose sight. The happy smile, and the accursed damn'd..." The first thing likely to hit you about Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning novel is the rawness and...
Rental Family — A Dreamy Stroll Through White Lies When is high-concept light as a feather? A film that layers untruths, lies, and deception could and maybe should be an existential slog. Instead, with Rental Family, director Hikari (also co-writer with...
