AwardsWatch - Film Reviews

Cannes Review: ‘Pain and Glory’ is Pedro Almodóvar’s magnum opus

Mina Takla May 18, 2019

Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film is a masterpiece that balances the personal with the relatable How do you make a film about yourself? Perhaps the better... Read More

Cannes Review: Jessica Hausner’s ‘Little Joe’ is engaging, haunting and reflective

Mina Takla May 18, 2019

Jessica Hausner’s atmospheric new film is an engaging, if somewhat lacking, work Part-thriller, part-drama, Little Joe features excellent technical credits, an intriguing script but lacks... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Sorry We Missed You’

Mina Takla May 17, 2019

Ken Loach’s latest film is a deceptively simple yet shattering and a step up from I, Daniel Blake Did you ever stop to think about... Read More

Review: ‘Booksmart’ is one of the year’s best films

Erik Anderson May 17, 2019

Just when you think you didn’t need another ‘last night of high school before graduation’ movie, Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart comes along and bursts through as... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Atlantics’ (Atlantique) is beautiful, painful and poetic

Mina Takla May 17, 2019

Mati Diop’s film, the first in competition feature for a black woman at Cannes, is as poetic as it is urgent Few films possess this... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘And Then We Danced’ is a brave, urgent and revolutionary statement

Jack King May 17, 2019

Director Levan Akin confronts Georgia’s (former USSR/Eastern Europe) conservative, moralising, antiquated attitude towards sexual freedom, the masculine tradition and gay love with an aggressive fervour.... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Rocketman’

Mina Takla May 17, 2019

Dexter Fletcher’s Elton John biopic is an entertaining if imperfect film with a fantastic performance from Taron Egerton Certain to draw comparisons to worldwide box... Read More

Cannes Review take two: ‘Les Misérables’ is “one of the most timely and urgent films of the year”

Mina Takla May 16, 2019

Ladj Ly’s debut feature is a stunning, explosive film that is both fresh and arresting Debut films selected in competition at Cannes are rare –... Read More

Cannes Review: ‘Bull’ has good intentions but feels all too familiar

Valerie Complex May 16, 2019

First time feature director Annie Silverstein new film Bull, will leave you with thoughts you can’t process right away. Silverstein co-wrote the script with Johnny... Read More

Review: ‘Her Smell’ is a postmodern masterpiece with an indelible performance by Elisabeth Moss

Matthew Jenner May 16, 2019

Alex Ross Perry makes films that linger with you long after they’ve ended. Whether it be his quasi-Pynchon adaptation Impolex, the gloriously minimalistic The Color Wheel,... Read More

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