Below Zero – Review Rory Steabler January 31, 2021 Reviews Below Zero is a mostly-solid action-thriller that knows how to steal from better movies, ratchet up the tension, and provide enough nasty twists to keep you invested. Its Con Air meets Assault on Precinct 13...
My Favourite Wife – My First Time Film Review Joseph Bullock June 13, 2020 Reviews In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. This time we have Joseph Bullock catching up on Garson Kanin's 1940 screwball comedy My Favourite Wife. While...
Citizen Kane – My First Time Film Review Nick Davie May 26, 2020 Reviews In this new series of articles, our writers are watching classic films for the first time. This time we have Nick Davie catching up on the classic 1941 Orson Welles epic Citizen Kane. The seminal...
Céline Sciamma, Water Lilies, and the Complications of Youthful Desire Nick Davie May 11, 2020 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Céline Sciamma is having a moment. Following the 2019 festival debut and this year's cinematic release ofPortrait of a Lady on Fire, she is currently the subject of Mubi UK's 'Focus on' retrospective. This...
2018: Netflix’s First Great Year Calum Baker December 20, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off I can't believe I'm writing this, but the most critically acclaimed film of the year was just, like, dropped last weekend. On Netflix. Alfonso Cuarón's long-gestating followup to Gravity has absolutely...
Netflix, Annihilation, and Elitism in Cinema Christopher Preston March 15, 2018 Features, One Off, Opinion People fight on the Internet. Who knew? The latest bout of byte-slinging has been sparked by the release - or, perhaps, lack of release - of Alex Garland’s Annihilation. For context, the movie was...
