Continue reading →This debut feature may be raw at times, but there’s an undeniable organic quality to the filmmaking about a young man who meets a trans woman in the New York kiki scene.
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Midsommar (2019)
Ari Aster’s sophomore effort may be too disturbing for the uninitiated viewer, but its strange, otherworldly quality is an experience like no other.
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Hereditary (2018)
Not even Toni Collette’s arresting performance or the film’s excellent craftsmanship can save this rather uncompelling and overrated horror mystery.
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Ad Astra (2019)
Continue reading →An immensely well-crafted hero’s tale through space that explores existential ideas at a deliberate pace, but its final landing is not entirely convincing.
Lost City of Z, The (2016)
Continue reading →A remarkably-realized film about the great British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, yet it is James Gray’s patience with pacing that is most rewarding, with the film unfolding like a traditional biopic in the mould of an inspired tone poem on obsession and mystery.
It Chapter 2 (2019)
Continue reading →A weaker, overdrawn sequel that doesn’t quite know where to take the characters to—but it can be frightening at times, though also emotionally shallow.
It (2017)
Continue reading →A straightforward adaptation of Stephen King’s novel that offers thrills and spills through an orthodox, tick-the-checkbox style horror movie, though the solid cast chemistry should win you over.
Mysterious Skin (2004)
Continue reading →A high point in Gregg Araki’s inconsistent career that tackles a taboo subject matter whilst balancing its dreamy filmmaking style with raw fervour.
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
An unexpected hit as a Chinese-centric rom-com, it doesn’t just open the door wider for cultural diversity in Hollywood studio-filmmaking, but is a decent genre offering in itself.
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood (2019)
Continue reading →Tarantino is on (vintage) form here in this unexpectedly restrained work that is also one of the finest pictures of 2019.
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