I still feel suffused with the golden light and intense motion of Andrew Haigh’s masterful exploration of individual and generational grief.
Continue readingAll of Us Strangers (2023)
StandardHousekeeping for Beginners (2023)
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Goran Stolevski drops us into a maelstrom of a household and holds us there through grief and hardship and transcendent moments of love.
Continue readingThe Way, My Way (2024)
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This isn’t the easiest film to like. A quasi documentary based on the memoir by writer director Bill Bennett about his pilgrimage along ‘the way’ to Santiago de Compostela.
Continue readingA Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
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Sequels come with expectations, perhaps of inevitable disappointment. The two predecessors to this film were solid, tense and imbued with the adorable coupledom of John Krasinski and Emily Blunt who further burrowed into our hearts during Covid with their goofy charm.
Continue readingThe Zone of Interest (2023)
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The ‘zone of interest’ was the Nazi party term for the 40 square kilometre area around Auschwitz and also the name of Martin Amis’s novel, a very different version of a glimpse into the life and home of Rudolf Höss.
Continue readingLove Lies Bleeding (2024)
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Refreshingly unpredictable and the kind of film that would usually have been about blokes, not daughters and body building lovers.
Continue readingCivil War (2024)
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There aren’t many films I watch where I feel my heart is in my mouth right up until the final act. Alex Garland is not one of my favourite directors so perhaps my expectations were slightly lowered for this intimate meditation on media and the personal choices we make.
Continue readingFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
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Having seen two exemplary films exploring war and the nature of evil just the day before (Civil War and Zone of Interest), I felt unprepared for the kaleidoscopic onslaught of the latest iteration of the Mad Max saga.
Continue readingMaXXXine (2024)
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It’s feeling like a bit of a golden age for horror films where they are more than just a vehicle for shock.
Continue readingA Difficult Year (Une Année Difficile)(2023)
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If you’ve seen The Intouchables (2011) or The Extraordinary (2020), you’ll know that co-directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Tolenado have a deft hand at giving us emotional, character-driven stories that also tackle important social issues.
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