Scarlet review – a disappointing offering from an anime legend
Mamoru Hosada sings his typical notes atypically off-key in this ambitious but messy fantasy loosely inspired by Hamlet. Across his two-decade fe…
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Celebrating the Splendour, Anarchy and Creative Genius of Sandy Powell
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s reimaging of James Whale’s 1935 classic The Bride of Frankenstein marks 40 years in the singular career of costume designer Sa…
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Reminders of Him review - Colleen Hoover strikes again
The latest Colleen Hoover book adaptation is a grim dose of misery and trauma porn punctuated by a terrible lead performance and an undeniable con…
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The Tree of Life Effect
The imagery of Terrence Malick's 2011 masterpiece has borne plentiful fruit – for better or for worse. Any music theatre practitioner worth t…
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The Great Arch review – the French landmark gets an origin story
Claes Bang is well-cast as the late, little known Danish architect Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, designer of Paris’s Grande Arche de la Défense. If…
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The Unspoken Desire of Dečki
In a landmark piece of Slovenian cinema, Stanko Jost articulated the challenges and beauty of queer desire. I have always found it frustrating t…
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Resurrection review – see it on the biggest screen you can
Bi Gan’s third feature is an epic in every sense of the word, taking viewers on a sprawling odyssey through cinema. Despite a framing device that…
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Sound Of Falling review – a complex puzzle box powered by the sensory and sensual
Mascha Schilinski’s beguiling drama follows four generations living in the same rural German farmhouse and the cyclical nature of their trauma. T…
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The Bride! review – it's alive, but at what cost?
Maggie Gyllenhaal's attempt at a riot grrl spin on The Bride of Frankenstein is a shambling corpse in dire need of a closed casket. At this p…
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Hoppers review – chipper critter comedy
A headstrong teenager plots against environmental destruction with the aid of the local wildlife in Daniel Chong's charming Pixar movie. The …
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The Elastic Worlds of the Looney Tunes
With insights from The Day The Earth Blew Up director Peter Browngardt, we salute the mad, mad, mad, mad worlds of Bugs, Daffy and co. The medium…
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How the Scream franchise's mask slipped
Between the firing of Melissa Barrera for supporting Palestine and a staunch refusal to innovate, the once-beloved horror series has reached new l…
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Diving into the SXSW film line-up
The new satirical comedy film from Boots Riley kicks off Austin’s 2026 celebration of movies, music and innovation. In a landscape where film fes…
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