Review: If Beale Street Could TalkEvery single frame of If Beale Street Could Talk – a skill perfected by Barry Jenkins and his cinematographer James Laxton in 2016...
Velvet Buzzsaw: Netflix and Jake Gyllenhaal’s disastrous comedy-horrorVelvet Buzzsaw: Netflix and Jake Gyllenhaal’s disastrous comedy-horror Well, the race to deliver 2019's first truly awful movie can be...
‘You Need a Mess of Help to Stand Alone’: A Beach Boys Retrospective“I know that you’ll feel better when you send us in your letter and tell us the name of your favourite vega-table”. “…A diseased bunch of...
Review: Stan and OllieTwo of the most adored comedy acts, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, return to the big screen this year with ‘Stan and Ollie’. Starring...
World Cinema: JapanJapanese cinema is not, to Western audiences, necessarily well-understood. Although the rise of the internet helped bring international...
Oscars Nominations: Original ScreenplayThis year’s nominees for best original screenplay at the Academy Awards are certainly of a diverse variety. First up is the darkly comic...
Oscars Nominations: Adapted ScreenplayThe nominees for best adapted screenplay at the Oscars are definitely the weaker out of the two writing categories this year. With a...
Oscars Nominations: Best PictureIt’s that time of year again, awards season is fast upon us. The Golden Globes have been and gone and now it’s time for the biggest...
Oscars: Best Supporting Actor and ActressAs usual the academy can’t quite stick to a definition of ‘supporting’ pitting co-leading roles against glorified cameos. The male...