Adam Solomons

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ review: Tom Cruise plays it safe in this ruthlessly competent but frustratingly distant sequel [Grade: B-] | Cannes Review

Tom Cruise was being honest when he told a crowd in Cannes on Wednesday that he believes the main ingredient… Read More

May 20, 2022

Interview: Cinematographer Dariusz Wolski on making three movies in one year with Ridley Scott including ‘The Last Duel’ and ‘House of Gucci’

Like many of his colleagues in the cinematography world, Dariusz Wolski’s career only begins to make sense when you realise… Read More

December 21, 2021

TIFF Review: Poland’s Oscar entry ‘Leave No Traces’ is a sobering thriller about the state of police brutality [Grade: B]

Though director Jan Matuszyńki insists Burn After Reading was the single biggest influence on his sophomore feature and Oscars entry,… Read More

September 13, 2021

Interview: Jan Matuszyński on his Oscar-shortlisted political thriller ‘Leave No Traces’

For one of Poland’s most exciting new filmmakers, Jan Matuszyński has few influences from his native country. In describing political… Read More

September 12, 2021

Venice Review: ‘Scenes from a Marriage’ is a worthy retread with staggering performances from Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain [Grade: B+]

It’s not common for me to advise readers to watch a 294-minute limited series in one go. But Scenes from… Read More

September 4, 2021

Venice review: Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ is a gripping and visually arresting opener to an exciting universe [Grade: A]

The two most important lines in Dune come at the very beginning and the very end. First, when Duke Leto… Read More

September 3, 2021

Venice review: Kristen Stewart delivers a career-best performance in a fitting and fantastic look at an accidental revolutionary in ‘Spencer’ [Grade: A]

A spiky icon and a gentle iconoclast, Diana Spencer occupies a place in the public consciousness of Britain and the… Read More

September 3, 2021

‘In Front of Your Face’ review: A competent but isolating drama about dread from Hong Sang-soo [Cannes Review]

It doesn’t become clear what In Front of Your Face is really about till pretty far in, though its sheer… Read More

July 17, 2021

‘Red Rocket’ review: Simon Rex puts the come in comeback in Sean Baker’s nuanced Trump country exposé [Cannes Review]

Perhaps even more so than The Florida Project, Sean Baker’s financial and ideological investment in celluloid film pays off in… Read More

July 15, 2021

‘JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass’ is a dense and detailed return to the conspiracy 30 years after Oliver Stone’s masterpiece [Cannes Review]

In the 30 years since JFK made global headlines for its excoriation of the military-industrial complex – and garnered eight… Read More

July 13, 2021

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