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...
An Incredibly Satisfying Build — The Brutalist Review All the building blocks of a classic. Brady Corbet’s second feature as a writer, director and producer is a statement as large and daring as the building at the heart of its epic story. Glowing...
An Unorthodox Biopic — I’m Still Here Review An incredible example of the power of the biopic Adapted from the 2015 memoir of Marcelo Rubens Paiva, I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui ) is a film about family and politics. But it stands out thanks to...
