-
-
Highlight
-
Reviews and recommendations
41 - 50 of 557
-
Western review: once upon a time in modern-day eastern Europe
Valeska Grisebach’s stunning existential study of masculinity tips its hat to classic genre cinema even as it casts an extraordinary troupe of non-professional actors as its grizzled migrant construction workers in a foreign land, writes Giovanni Marchini Camia.
Friday 19 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
La Strada archive review: human tragedy is marred by calculated style
Federico Fellini’s neorealist fable has been restored and is now on UK rerelease. Here’s how the Monthly Film Bulletin reviewed it first time around.
Friday 19 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
Okja review: Bong Joon-ho’s rampant superpig spectacle tickles and troubles
With Tilda Swinton in a dual role leading a mostly excellent cast, the Host director’s snazzy science fiction succeeds as both a critique of the modern meat industry and a bittersweet tale of the bond between a girl and a mighty beast, writes Trevor Johnston.
Friday 19 May 2017 -
Wonderstruck review: Todd Haynes’s split-era kids’ yarn provides sumptuous but saccharine cinephilia
Haynes’s adaptation of Brian Selznick’s twin-track children’s detective adventure revels in the eloquence of silent cinema and gorgeous evocations of vintage New York, but falls dramatically flat, writes Sophie Monks Kaufman.
Friday 19 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Spaceship takes a trip to a more vibrant dimension
Alex Taylor’s debut feature is a psychedelic, part-improvised tale of dreamy teenagers looking for lift-off, writes Philip Kemp.
Thursday 18 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword review – this sword stays in its stone
Charlie Hunnam struggles to lead Guy Ritchie’s geezers of the Round Table in a flashy but callow origin story from which little may arise, says Nick Pinkerton.
Thursday 18 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
Alien: Covenant review – a space vacuity
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel sets course for the Big Questions, but jettisons all signs of intelligent life en route, says Kim Newman.
Sunday 14 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
Manhattan review: Woody Allen finds a mature harmony of humour and form
In this archive review from 1979, John Pym praises the ensemble performances and sharp script of Allen’s New York-set romantic comedy, now on digital re-release.
Friday 12 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: The Levelling unearths secrets from a sodden landscape
Hope Dickson Leach’s powerful and precise debut feature stages a family tragedy in flood-ravaged Somerset, where stifled emotions threaten to overflow like river water, writes Anton Bitel.
Thursday 11 May 2017 -
From the Magazine
Melvin and Howard review: dreams that money can’t buy
Jonathan Demme’s loose-limbed riff on the working man who claimed an unlikely bequest from Howard Hughes combines wit and warmth with a gently caustic look at American dreams and delusions, says Tim Pulleine.
Tuesday 9 May 2017
41 - 50 of 557
Browse by category
Reviews and recommendations
Facebook
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube
Pinterest
Tumblr
Google+