Feb
26
Final Fantasy Rewind: Cracked Crystals
A retrospective of Final Fantasy movies begins with an obscure and bonkers anime video.
7 min read
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Feb
20
Movies With Mumsie
Last week was all about my mother, and the movies we saw together.
11 min read
Feb
12
Argylle: The Bigger the Spy, the Bigger the 'Why'
The Matthew Vaughan spy movie's ungainly, self-satisfied approach to action and comedy makes it a slog to sit through.
7 min read
Feb
09
Erosis
Basic Instinct is a lurid joke played on its own misogyny.
8 min read
Feb
05
Veni Vidi Vacay
An Oscar season surprise, The Holdovers is modestly scaled but big on laughs and heart.
5 min read
Feb
02
He Wanted the Kingdom of God on Film
Cinema Paradiso's ode to the moving image is more image than moving, but what an image it is.
5 min read
Jan
29
Holy Ghosts
Andrew Haigh's beguiling fantasia about a middle-aged gay man reuniting with his long-dead parents is an achingly powerful exploration of the wounds we carry with us.
7 min read
Jan
26
Stranger Changer
Andrew Haigh's delicate dramatic touch was already fully-formed in his 2011 film about the chance encounter of two gay men.
6 min read
Jan
24
Oscar Nominations 2024
A list of this year's nominees, with thoughts on who is missing.
8 min read
Jan
22
Do The Write Thing
American Fiction's political humor is its weakest element, but as a character study and dramedy bolstered by a great supporting cast, it nonetheless entertains.
4 min read