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“Oscar-winner” this and “Oscar-nominee” that, the trailers for House of Gucci are shameless in their Oscar-baiting, with its campaign...

This year we have had a number of stage plays and musicals making their leap to the big screen. But the two that are notably significant...

War is hell. But before Vietnam, most films wouldn’t really portray it as a complete and true vision of hell – a place where redemption...

Rebecca Hall is an actress of considerable talent, someone who has consistently held scenes and films together with ease (this year's The...

Creativity ebbs and flows differently from person to person. For some people, it comes so easily. For others, like myself, it’s an...

Writing anything about Titane is a challenge in itself. If you go over various reviews and analyses popping up over the internet, so many...

Man’s connection with nature in the modern world is constantly twisting and turning as it either brings us closer to or further away from...

Let’s face it, it’s hard not to talk about Kazakhstan without bringing up the giant elephant in the room as it fumbles and breaks...

The Sopranos changed the way we watch and make TV. It almost singlehandedly changed the game for the medium, shaping HBO into what it is...

It’s been quite the year for brothers Ron and Russell Mael of Sparks. An in-depth doccie on their discography was made by none other than...

On paper, Atlantis has loads of potential. Set in 2025, Ukraine, one year after what is simply referred to as “the war”, we follow Sergiy...

Pig offers an experience that you can’t really prepare yourself for. After reading the synopsis and watching the trailers, it still can’t...

The 60s had some of the most radically charged works in cinema. Although a lot of people attribute the 70s to being the decade that...

Rare Beasts is absolute chaos that is confrontational in its frustrations, insecurities and anxieties rattling around the head of not...

The western genre has birthed some of the greatest films ever with memorable heroes, villains, stories and settings. But, as thrilling as...

Mädchen in Uniform is a film that creates and bends its own rules. It’s a film that is not only a groundbreaking piece of queer cinema,...

Certain film titles evoke a particular response and expectation from the viewer. The Killing of Two Lovers is a title that entices with...

Monday is Greek director Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ fourth feature-length, his follow-up to his most well-received film Suntan (2016). It...

The United States vs. Billie Holiday is a film that needed to do right by its subject. She was fearless and truly unique, a trailblazer...

Hirokazu Kore-eda is a filmmaker who has a wonderful knack for exploring family dynamics and themes that somehow always feels relevant,...