Reviews

The Wretched is an indie horror from writer-directors Brett and Drew T. Pierce that dives into the supernatural events that take place during a summer. Set in a picturesque coastal town, rebellious teenager,...

This film was previously reviewed in May 2019 as part of our Cannes Film Festival coverage. Codes and communication are vital parts of any crime film. After all, it's much easier to double-cross your...

The Mick Jagger of Mexico. The Indiana Jones of food. A legend. Captured here in her mid-90s, Nothing Fancy is about Diana Kennedy’s status and influence, yes, but more than that it’s about the place of...

Joe Robert Cole’s second feature eschews the usual techniques for establishing audience rapport with its central character: before viewers properly get to know aspiring rapper Jakhor (Ashton Sanders), he...

Originally lined up to premiere at this year’s now cancelled SXSW, Netflix have stepped in to release Chris Bolan’s documentary A Secret Love. With Jason Blum onboard as executive producer and Ryan Murphy...

By turns jaw-grindingly tedious and off-puttingly obnoxious, Get In spends so long trying to figure out what story it wants to tell that it's a wonder it even made it onto Netflix. Skittishly jumping between...

This film was previously reviewed in October 2019 for our London Film Festival coverage. No two Pablo Larraín films are quite the same but, even so, Ema marks a departure. An opaque story told mainly...

This film was previously reviewed as part of our Berlinale Film Festival coverage in February 2020. It is still dark when Jane (Julia Garner) gets in a taxi outside her modest flat. She dozes when she can...

Continuing Netflix’s recent hot streak of below-average action thrillers, Extraction is Chris Hemsworth’s attempt to ditch the superhero tights and reinvent himself as the next Tom Cruise/Keanu Reeves by...

This film was previously reviewed in October 2019 as part of our London Film Festival coverage. It isn’t easy to imagine oneself feeling much sympathy for the characters of a film about the Apartheid-era...

In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. Here, Rafaela catches up on the 1989 Oscar-nominated Steel Magnolias. ‘That’s how it should be, life goes...

Greg Barker’s biographical drama Sergio is based on the true story of Brazilian United Nations diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello. The timeline in Sergio weaves together a dire story of Vieira de Mello...

There may be no such thing as a wholly original story, but many narratives earn memorability by bringing new perspectives and urgency to themes and tales heard a thousand times before. Rising High (Betonrausch...

In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. Here, Alysha catches up on Misery. Kathy Bates gives her all in this 1990 psychological horror, Misery, from...

Best known as co-creator of Master of None, Alan Yang brings the deeply personal story of his family’s history to Netflix. Tigertail tells the story of Pin-Jui, a poor Taiwanese factory worker who embarks on...