FILM REVIEWS

Good acting, a finely honed visual style and a timeless Faustian narrative are all assets to The Apprentice, but it would likely have...

A Cannes favourite earlier this year, Flemish 'me too' tale Julie Keeps Quiet is at heart a short film stretched out to feature length...

A solid B-flick that isn’t nearly as twisty or innovative as it thinks it is, Strange Darling nevertheless delivers suitably pulpy...

The return of 26 pieces of stolen art to Benin serves as an intriguing premise for Golden Bear winning doc Dahomey but the film fails to...

While the film excels in mood, Chinese murder mystery Only the River Flows is enigmatic to a fault and strands somewhere between a...

Wordless Latvian animated movie Flow is at its best when it lets the at times stunning visuals do the talking, yet it also exists in a...

As stylish, suspenseful and exciting as Love Lies Bleeding builds towards the central crime, as laboriously and disappointing the...

In essence an endless series of violently comedic action set-pieces, Jackpot! provides a wildly entertaining match-up between Awkwafina...

If you long for the slick yet grounded blockbusters of the nineties, Twisters is just the ticket for you: a well-made tale that mixes...

Creepy thriller Longlegs effectively draws you in with an abundance of atmosphere and a disturbing Nic Cage performance yet there is also...

An old-fashioned approach to storytelling combines with a heavy dose of feminism in Fly Me to the Moon yet after a thoroughly enjoyable...

Neither a testosterone-filled biker film nor a deconstruction of the genre from a female point of view, The Bikeriders is to be applauded...

The on most accounts mild and unremarkable The Great Escaper caters specifically for the Sunday afternoon senior crowd, but veterans...

There are intimate moments in A Quiet Place: Day One that truly make an emotional connection – mostly due to an excellent Lupita Nyong’o...

While Inside Out 2 is a perfectly entertaining movie for the entire family, the picture’s narrative arc and central message are mostly a...

As fascinating as this satirical, unusual look at nascent democracy in Bhutan is, The Monk and the Gun struggles for tone and rhythm and...

Jim Henson: Idea Man works reasonably well as an amiable introduction to the man who gifted the world The Muppets but do not expect much...

Never dull yet never exhilarating either Furiosa ranks in the middle of the Mad Max pack: what it adds in character development and world...

Amy Winehouse gets a mostly disappointing yet surprisingly entertaining biopic in Back to Black even if the engaging lead actress Marisa...

Drawing upon tried and tested western tropes, actor Viggo Mortensen makes a confident directing effort with The Dead Don’t Hurt, despite...