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It's the final countdown...but before we do that, here's a reminder of the criteria and blah blah blah in determining the list outside of...

We’re back. Another annual list. But before we get into the nitty-gritty of it all, there are some silly list rules  I have invented for...

“Is that it?” My gut asked this the moment The Brutalist ended following a jarring epilogue. And for the most part, I am still left...

We're back at it with bold musicals, queer desire and a nightmarish Copenhagen. The End (2024) Director: Joshua Oppenheimer Genre/s:...

Mismatched grieving, hypothetical futures, confrontations, pursuing perfection and jazz in a coup d'etat. This week I watched... A Real...

Strippers and Russian Oligarchs, the good and bad Harmony Korines, a Cillian Murphy mastersclass, the lasting effects of colonialism and...

A collection of vignettes, Angelina Jolie sings opera, confronting tragedy in Canada, and a classic from Franco-era Spain. Here's what I...

Told through nine vignettes over the course of a day in Tehran, Terrestrial Verses follows ordinary citizens navigating the increasingly...

So here's a new thing I'm doing that will summarise the highlights, lowlights and well, midlights of my movie-watching weeks. Instead of...

Two sister missionaries (played by ex-Mormons Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East) find themselves knocking on the wrong door when the...

Upon her 40th birthday, writer/director Coralie Fargeat declared that her life was over. “I’m not going to be interesting anymore. No one...

It’s impossible to predict the rhythm and anarchic, punk rock nature of a Radu Jude film. They’re often strung together by common themes...

2023 was an outstanding year for films. Not only were we treated to pure quality from all over the place, but the cinematic experience...