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Reviews

Good Boy: doggy ghost story goes for creeping dread over shocks

Director Ben Leonberg adopts a dog’s POV for a crafty little haunted house horror that makes the most of its endearing canine star.

By Kim Newman

Good Boy: doggy ghost story goes for creeping dread over shocks

From the Sight and Sound archive

Perfect Blue: Kon Satoshi’s twisted pop dream

By Jonathan Romney

Perfect Blue: Kon Satoshi’s twisted pop dream

Lists

Eight under-the-radar LFF films

From the Sight and Sound archive

Midnight madness: The Rocky Horror Picture Cult

By Jonathan Rosenbaum

Midnight madness: The Rocky Horror Picture Cult

Festivals

Rose of Nevada: a remarkably beautiful Cornish time-loop drama

By Jonathan Romney

Rose of Nevada: a remarkably beautiful Cornish time-loop drama

Reviews

Urchin: Harris Dickinson’s distinctive debut suggests an exciting career behind the camera lies ahead

By Philip Concannon

Urchin: Harris Dickinson’s distinctive debut suggests an exciting career behind the camera lies ahead

Festivals

Maspalomas: an older gay man gets his mojo back after a stroke in this familiar feel-good comedy

By Neil Young

Maspalomas: an older gay man gets his mojo back after a stroke in this familiar feel-good comedy

From the Sight and Sound archive

“It was dance as action rather than as aesthetics”: Stephen Daldry on Billy Elliot

By Edward Lawrenson

“It was dance as action rather than as aesthetics”: Stephen Daldry on Billy Elliot

News

Sight and Sound: the November 2025 issue

Reviews

Invention: low budget meta experiment captures the uncanniness of grief

By Dylan Huw

Invention: low budget meta experiment captures the uncanniness of grief

Reviews

Ellis Park: a Warren Ellis documentary in synch with its generous subject

By Leigh Singer

Ellis Park: a Warren Ellis documentary in synch with its generous subject

Reviews

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: passion takes a backseat in this earnest modern love story

By Ben Nicholson

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey: passion takes a backseat in this earnest modern love story

Festivals

The Wizard of the Kremlin: a westernised take on Putin’s rise to power

By Travis Jeppesen

The Wizard of the Kremlin: a westernised take on Putin’s rise to power

Reviews

One Battle After Another: There’s so much to relish in Paul Thomas Anderson’s political cat-and-mice caper

By Nick Bradshaw

One Battle After Another: There’s so much to relish in Paul Thomas Anderson’s political cat-and-mice caper

Reviews

Brides: teen runaway movie tackles a dark subject with a fizzy teen spirit

By Kate Stables

Brides: teen runaway movie tackles a dark subject with a fizzy teen spirit

Interviews

“There was a lot of naivety and youthful exuberance”: Usman Riaz on creating The Glassworker, Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature

By Nick Bradshaw

“There was a lot of naivety and youthful exuberance”: Usman Riaz on creating The Glassworker, Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature

Interviews

Max Porter on Steve: “I want my kids to see this movie and say: “We understand Dad a bit now””

By Katie McCabe

Max Porter on Steve: “I want my kids to see this movie and say: “We understand Dad a bit now””

Interviews

“I have very little interest in the lighter side of storytelling”: Cillian Murphy on his new film, Steve, and his career so far

By Katie McCabe

“I have very little interest in the lighter side of storytelling”: Cillian Murphy on his new film, Steve, and his career so far

Reviews

The Glassworker: Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature wears its Studio Ghibli inspirations on its sleeve

By Nick Bradshaw

The Glassworker: Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature wears its Studio Ghibli inspirations on its sleeve

Reviews

Ebony & Ivory: Jim Hosking stages an intervention against easy-bake biopics with an absurd pop-icon fantasy

By Adam Nayman

Ebony & Ivory: Jim Hosking stages an intervention against easy-bake biopics with an absurd pop-icon fantasy

From the Sight and Sound archive

Robert Redford: act natural

By Christina Newland

Robert Redford: act natural

Reviews

Islands: Sam Riley is superb as a burned-out tennis pro in this slippery summer noir

By Tom Charity

Islands: Sam Riley is superb as a burned-out tennis pro in this slippery summer noir

Reviews

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues: the rockers reunite for a self-congratulatory meta-sequel

By Leigh Singer

Spinal Tap II: The End Continues: the rockers reunite for a self-congratulatory meta-sequel

From the Sight and Sound archive

“Consistently convincing, generally hilarious”: This Is Spinal Tap reviewed in 1984

By Kim Newman

“Consistently convincing, generally hilarious”: This Is Spinal Tap reviewed in 1984

Festivals

Left-Handed Girl: a Taiwanese comedy with a wild, whirling sense of momentum

By Adam Nayman

Left-Handed Girl: a Taiwanese comedy with a wild, whirling sense of momentum

Festivals

Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro’s creation plays like a grand gothic fairytale

By Catherine Bray

Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro’s creation plays like a grand gothic fairytale

Festivals

Sacrifice: celebrity-stuffed eco-satire takes aim at the virtue signalling of wealthy elites

By Adam Nayman

Sacrifice: celebrity-stuffed eco-satire takes aim at the virtue signalling of wealthy elites

Festivals

Back Home: Tsai Ming-liang lets the landscape of a rural Laos village speak for itself

By Travis Jeppesen

Back Home: Tsai Ming-liang lets the landscape of a rural Laos village speak for itself

Festivals

A House of Dynamite: Kathryn Bigelow’s terrifying nuclear threat thriller might be her best work yet

By John Bleasdale

A House of Dynamite: Kathryn Bigelow’s terrifying nuclear threat thriller might be her best work yet

Festivals

Father Mother Sister Brother: Jim Jarmusch’s low-key family anthology speaks from the heart

By Nicolas Rapold

Father Mother Sister Brother: Jim Jarmusch’s low-key family anthology speaks from the heart