Woodshock – Venice 2017 Review
The highlight of any season of the FX anthology American Horror Story is always the creepy and evocative opening titles based on whatever that year’s theme is. At 90 seconds long, they’re perfect snapshots...
The Beguiled – Review
Colin Farrell fucks his way to freedom in this intoxicating remake of Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood’s 1971 Southern Gothic. Sofia Coppola’s version is faithful to the original, but adopts a more restrained...
Picking Apart Privilege in Sofia Coppola Films
All too often, critics of Sofia Coppola label her films as rich white girl problems. The "white" part is fair enough – it's not like she can't be criticised for how she handles (or rather avoids handling)...
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man: An ORWAV Marathon
Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy. One good movie, one great movie, and one movie we don't talk about. Or is there more to it than that? In anticipation of the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, Kambole and...
Hidden Figures – Review
With a cracking soundtrack and a swinging '60s style, Hidden Figures is bursting with love for the glory days of the space race – although it isn't afraid to question why it's taken this long for this story...
Marie Antoinette – A Period Drama for the Mumblecore Generation
“I think she’s delightful. She looks like a little piece of cake.” Marie Antoinette never did say "Let them eat cake", but that didn’t stop Sofia Coppola from whipping up a movie dusted in...
Your Week In Film: Divergent’s dive, Star Trek’s stars, Pokémon’s poaching
1. Lionsgate plots TV-centric future for Divergent One of the bigger surprises this week - not least to its star, Shailene Woodley - concerned the Divergent franchise. On Wednesday, Variety reported that the...
Midnight Special – Berlinale 2016 Review
Jeff Nichols is a great filmmaker. That Midnight Special comes close to greatness is undeniable - its first hour is a deliriously inventive, utterly arresting cosmic thriller that keeps its cards very close to...
Scene Stealers: Martin Short in Get Over It
“Bill Shakespeare was a wonderful poet but Burt Bacharach he ain’t.” With these words Dr. Desmond Forrest Oates, a name and character more suited to breakfast cereal than high school directing, sets...
Top 10 Superhero Films of All Time
As the superhero franchise machine rumbles on, it seems like an appropriate time to look back at the history of the genre. I’ve explored its past, present and future and now I’m here to put my neck on the...
The Two Faces of January – Review
Hossein Amini's pleasing adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's novel of the same name falls victim to its meagre 12A rating; often willing to broach the mature themes demanded of it, yet never fully...