Movies

Here is our archive of movie coverage, which includes reviews, explainers, features, lists, and more from the latest films.

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‘Dismissed’ | Film Review

February 24 2019, by Alix Turner

Dismissed is a very interesting film: it would be a perfectly satisfactory thriller to casually pass the time with, but if you give it a...

‘Capernaum’ | Film Review

February 24 2019, by M.N. Miller

Capernaum refers to a fishing village of about 1,500 residents, near the northern shores of the Sea of Galilee, during the time of Hasmoneans, where...

‘Cold War’ | Film Review

February 24 2019, by M.N. Miller

“Time doesn’t matter when you’re in love,” Juliette tells her rival, of sorts, a mousy blonde named Zuzanna, who is a good decade younger than...

‘Flesh City’ | Film Review

February 22 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

In Roger Ebert’s Little Rule Book, (which every aspiring film critic should read, by the way), he states that all good critics should be prepared...

‘Paris Is Us’ (‘Paris est à nous’) | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Paris Is Us has evolved from its early crowd-funded origins into an elegant feature depicting and exploring the obscurities that rear themselves in times of...

‘The Drug King’ | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Unimaginative title notwithstanding, Min-ho Woo’s The Drug King is nonetheless certain to find an audience on Netflix given how it falls right at the intersection of...

‘The Photographer of Mauthausen’ | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

We live in the age of the selfie, a time where all of us carry cameras with us at all times and every conceivable moment...

‘Firebrand’ | Netflix Film Review

February 22 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

The cultural importance of Netflix can’t be understated, and it isn’t for the reasons you’d think. Sure, it’s notable that Roma, an unashamedly self-indulgent Spanish-language...

‘Clara’ (2018) | Film Review

February 18 2019, by Daniel Hart

I have to admit: it has been an unusual length of time since a film left me in silence. I do not mean a few...

‘What Men Want’ | Film Review

February 18 2019, by M.N. Miller

Since Taraji P. Henson played the meek Shug who can push out monster vocals in the terrific Hustle & Flow (highway robbery for an Oscar...

‘Isn’t it Romantic’ | Netflix Film Review

February 15 2019, by M.N. Miller

The clues that you might be the lead in a romantic comedy tend to be endless. If a best friend mentions that you are a...

‘Yucatán’ | Netflix Film Review

February 15 2019, by Daniel Hart

I have never been on a luxury cruise, but I have always imagined them to be quite dull. They are probably not, but the whole...

‘The Cannibal Club’ (‘O Clube dos Canibais’) | Film Review

February 13 2019, by Alix Turner

This is a film full of color and sleaze, style and sunshine. Yes, some killings and blood, as you would expect from a title like...

‘Departures’ (‘Then Came You’) | Film Review

February 11 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Departures is directed by Peter Hutchings (The Outcasts), stars Asa Butterfield (Sex Education), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Nina Dobrev (Fam) and is an...

‘The Divorce Party’ | Film Review

February 11 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Life is full of surprises, only a few of them pleasant, so a charming and simplistic rom-com like The Divorce Party should be appreciated, if...

‘Miss Bala’ (2019) | Film Review

February 11 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

I didn’t hate Miss Bala, this year’s American remake of Gerardo Naranjo’s same-named 2011 Mexican film, but I can see why people would. It’s an...

‘Cold Pursuit’ | Film Review

February 10 2019, by M.N. Miller

Cold Pursuit is Liam Neeson’s latest notch in the old action bed-post filmography in a remake of a Norwegian film from director Hans Petter Moland...

‘Stadium Anthems’ | Film Review

February 10 2019, by Jonathon Wilson

Streaming now on Amazon Prime, Stadium Anthems is an independent comedy that takes aim at a music industry that is trying to find it’s footing...