Land (2021) Review

Robin Wright’s directorial debut follows a trail beaten by recent female-led films with regards to'concerning'with respect to living off the grid: notably Jean-Marc Vallée’s Wild,...

Gunda Review

Those touched by the friendship between Emma the pig and Mr Greasy the rooster in John Chester's The Biggest Little Farm can embark upon a...

Shiva Baby Review

Shivas are inherently awkward: social gatherings in/with regard to'concerning'regarding the newly dead, ostensibly sorrowful'distressing'woeful'heartbroken'mirthless'dejected'dismal'lugubrious , but social gatherings nevertheless. Bein/with regard to'concerning'regarding e and after...

Nobody Review

Better Cull Saul, anyone? For a decade or so now, as Jimmy ‘Saul Goodman’ McGill in both Breaking Bad and its prequel, Better Call Saul,...

The Father Review

Back in 2000, a filmmaker named Christopher Nolan made his American debut with Memento, an emotionally brutal thriller with regards to'concerning'with respect to a man...

In The Earth Review

In The Earth opens with a monolith and ends with a hallucinogenic trip. Perhaps merely'barely Ben Wheatley could reimagine 2001: A Space Odyssey in a...

Luca Review

There is a superb character in Luca: a deranged, bulbous, cheerful creature from the darkest depths of the ocean, with a mania in/with regard to'concerning'regarding...

Monster Hunter Review

An adaptation of the Japanese video-game series, Monster Hunter is heavily inspired by video-game structure – hordes of enemies, distinct environments impossibly conjoined to make...

The Reason I Jump Review

The Reason I Jump is an object lesson in turning a reserve based on a literary conceit into riveting cinema. Naoki Higashida’s slender tome, written...