Film Reviews

‘The French Dispatch’ review: Wes Anderson dials up the quirk in anthological homage to journalism [Cannes Review]

“The New Yorker will be the magazine not published for the old lady in Dubuque,” editor Harold W. Ross wrote… Read More

July 13, 2021

‘Gunpowder Milkshake’ review: A ferociously entertaining explosion of female fury

For years, thousands of individuals in the film industry bought into the idea that female-led action movies would “never make… Read More

July 13, 2021

‘Bergman Island’ review: A Mia Hansen-Løve letter on filmmaking with stellar performances from Vicky Krieps, Tim Roth and Mia Wasikowska [Cannes Review]

Mia Hansen-Løve’s directorial style seems to be less about style or genre and more about mood. Her 2018 travelogue romance… Read More

July 12, 2021

Retrospective: 20 Years on, ‘Legally Blonde’ is a pink, empowered reminder to be yourself

A few weeks ago I was talking to my boyfriend and he was trying to remember the name of a… Read More

July 11, 2021

‘The Worst Person in the World’ review: Joachim Trier’s flirtatious love story might be the best film at Cannes [Cannes Review]

The kind of movie which reminds you just how beguiling top-tier cinema can be, Joachim Trier’s The Worst Person in… Read More

July 10, 2021

‘Benedetta’ review: Praise be, Paul Verhoeven’s silly and sizzling hot nun summer is here [Cannes Review]

“We’re all entitled to a sin,” one nun confesses to her attentive Sister Benedetta (Virginie Efira). And sin she indeed… Read More

July 10, 2021

‘After Yang’ review: Kogonada’s lo-fi sci-fi is a meditative gem propelled by Colin Farrell’s most soulful performance [Cannes Review]

If Columbus was a bold attempt to resurrect slow cinema with a Gen Z-friendly storyline and progressive ideas, After Yang… Read More

July 9, 2021

‘Cow’ review: Andrea Arnold’s wordless documentary movingly focalizes the humanity of animals [Cannes Review]

“Okay, so we’re really gonna watch a cow for two hours,” a fellow attendee said, amused and skeptical, just before… Read More

July 8, 2021

‘Till Death’ review: Megan Fox has to survive the dead weight of marriage in this killer comeback

"I'm gonna cut myself free of you. If it's the last thing I do." A horror movie with as many… Read More

July 8, 2021

10 years ago, ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2’ taught us how to say goodbye [Retrospective]

It was July 19th, 2011. It was finally Monday, my day off from camp counselor duties, and my fellow Monday… Read More

July 8, 2021

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