Reviews in Retrospect: The Assassination of Richard Nixon 8 October 2020 A haunting story of the pursuit of individuality and personal truth that ultimately ends in madness.
Reviews in Retrospect: Blue Valentine 14 September 2020 A contemporary romance-in-reverse that meditates on the mystery of relationships.
Reviews in Retrospect: A Beautiful Mind 19 August 2020 Ron Howard’s adaptation explores the interface of our inner and outer worlds, and the capacity we have in creating reality from what we value most.
Reviews in Retrospect: Smoke 29 July 2020 Wayne Wang and Paul Auster's 1995 indie comedy drama explores the interconnectivity of personal stories and the prospect of recovery through community and connection.
Reviews in Retrospect: One Hour Photo 10 July 2020 A heartbreaking portrayal of loneliness and isolation - and arguably Robin Williams' finest hour in film.
The Story of Plastic 10 June 2020 The last decade has seen a profound shift in our relationship with the environment. The spotlight has been on climate change, habitat destr…
The Lighthouse: An American myth 1 March 2020 Salt-crusted wood and flaky green metal, the lightest footprint of civilisation already ruined and retaken by the sea and sand of a lonely i…
Parasite: Them...and us 20 February 2020 Bong Joon-Ho's tale of the clashing worlds of the wealthy Park family and the impoverished Kim family relies on a wilful ignorance of what e…
Uncut Gems: Rat, meet maze 1 February 2020 The Safdie Brothers' anxiety-riddled Uncut Gems is a film about escape; a film about an indebted gambler scheming against all the odds that …
Honey Boy: Healing in Motion 1 January 2020 There comes a point in Honey Boy, a semi-autobiographical film that explores child actor Otis Lort's relationship with his outlaw father, wh…
Knives Out: Whodunnit? Riandiddit 3 December 2019 A picturesque, secluded home, a gallery of guests with bones to pick and a wealthy patriarch with his throat slit. It's almost too perfect a…
The Irishman: Scorsese's Third Act 2 December 2019 The Irishman is a funereal film. It's one of those melancholy retrospectives that a master of cinema might create as they approach their twi…
Beanpole: 'Remarkably assured' Cannes winner 1 December 2019 Beanpole is a film about the lasting, traumatic brutality of war in which not a single shot is fired and the most shocking scenes are quiet,…
Joker 1 November 2019 Something like Joker was inevitable. With the superhero genre having long since conquered contemporary cinema, it was only a matter of time …
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie 21 October 2019 When Breaking Bad, among the most groundbreaking and beloved TV shows this side of The Sopranos, drew to a close in 2013, showrunner Vince G…
Filmreel Woman at War 5 October 2019 Protagonist and antagonist Hella balances her environmental and personal lives.
Filmreel Words of Love 5 October 2019 The beauty of Leonard Cohen's words is superbly captured in the documentary.
Ad Astra: James Gray's Galactic Contemplation 1 October 2019 James Gray looks to the stars with his genre flirtation, Ad Astra, about lonesome astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), who has believed his fa…
Bait: 'Uncanny and singular' 25 September 2019 Bait is a film about a familiar and very contemporary conflict: the locals of a tiny Cornish fishing village being squeezed out by an influx…
The Souvenir - A semi-autobiographical knockout 16 September 2019 From Joanna Hogg comes The Souvenir, a rich semi-autobiographical knockout that recounts the director's personal experience at film school i…
