Review: May December
“At a certain point, it’s like, ‘are you pretending to feel pleasure, or are you pretending not to feel pleasure?’” says Natalie Portman in Todd Haynes’ latest achievement, May December. Indeed,…
Review: Dream Scenario
Kristoffer Borgli’s Dream Scenario stars Nicholas Cage, is produced by A24, and promises to traverse a surrealist dreamscape. As a self-confessed fan of Charlie Kaufman, to say my expectations were high would…
Review: Killers of The Flower Moon
In the days following his 80th birthday, Akira Kurosawa was awarded an honorary Oscar at the 62nd Academy Awards. Despite an illustrious 30-film career spanning more than half-a-century, he told the audience,…
The anatomy of longing: my favourite film genre
We live in a world where constant stimulation exists at the tip of our fingers (provided said fingers are attached to a smartphone). Bored? Watch some Netflix. Don’t want to…
Review: Passages
It is a rare achievement to convey the weight and complexities of intimacy (emotional and sexual) with both grace and honesty; one which Ira Sachs’ most recent endeavour, Passages, attains with…
Review: Oppenheimer
Why Nolan’s latest work is his best, and why it accentuates his limitations. The press junkets for a film of Oppenheimer’s scale are long and often gruelling. The actors travel all…
Review: Scrapper
The British film industry has found its latest trend: writer/directors named Charlotte whose debut features centre on father-daughter relationships and balance their deeper heartache with the wonder of childhood. Charlotte…