Kate Stables
All articles by Kate Stables
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Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller
Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway go toe to toe in a suspenseful suburban story dressed up in immaculate pastel outfits and one too many retro-thriller tropes.
By Kate Stables
Mothers’ Instinct: maternal grief turns deadly in this intense but predictable psychological thriller
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Origin: Ava DuVerney’s book biopic presents an ambitious study of caste systems
By Kate Stables
From the Sight and Sound archive
Giddy adventures, gender skirmishes and aural seductions: Frank Capra’s It Happened One Night
By Kate Stables
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Mean Girls: playful, high-energy remake sands down the sharp edges of the original
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What Happens Later: mawkish airport-set romcom struggles to get off the ground
By Kate Stables
Festivals
Earth Mama: an intimate and piercing debut feature
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Fleishman Is in Trouble: this talky upscale drama goes long on New York neuroses
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The English: this weighty revisionist Western takes no prisoners
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House of the Dragon: spectacle over substance
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Sherwood: rewardingly knotty post-union drama
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The Essex Serpent draws Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston into its misty maws
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Anne channels its pain and rage into a call for justice for the Hillsborough families
By Kate Stables
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The White Lotus satirises the empty lives of a Hawaiian resort’s wealthy clientele
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The World to Come finds forbidden love in a 19th century New York winter
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Mare of Easttown investigates a murder in small-town Pennsylvania
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Earwig and the Witch combines a new look for Studio Ghibli with a disappointingly safe story
By Kate Stables
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The Flight Attendant is pandemic escapism at its finest
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Promising Young Woman is a right-on-time school of shocks
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The Investigation is a Scandi police procedural that centres its real-life victim
By Kate Stables
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Slalom is a chilling sexual assault story in the world of elite Alpine skiing
By Kate Stables
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The White Tiger is a scathing satire of India’s rigid social structures
By Kate Stables
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The Midnight Sky is a disappointing addition to the survivor sci-fi canon
By Kate Stables
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Adult Material gets down and dirty with the porn industry
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Rialto review: a life in the docks, a week at sea
By Kate Stables
Lists
Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others
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I May Destroy You review: Michaela Coel rewrites the rules of the game
By Kate Stables
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The Last Tree review: a lyrical story of British identity pains
By Kate Stables