Hope and Glory
Based on the childhood of director John Boorman, Hope and Glory is a look at the British Home Front during the Blitz. The first half of the film follows the […]
Jackie Brown
In Quentin Tarantino’s third film, the legendary Pam Grier plays an air hostess who becomes embroiled in an elaborate set-up after she’s arrested by the FBI. Based on a book, […]
Mandy
Red (Nicolas Cage) sees red in this red-filtered revenge horror that opens with King Crimson’s Starless from the album Red. I wish I could tell you there was more than […]
The Favourite
Aptly named for awards season, The Favourite concerns a power struggle between the ailing Queen Anne (Olivia Colman), the manipulative Duchess of Marlborough (Rachel Weisz) and new arrival Abigail (Emma Stone), […]
Naqoyqatsi
In part 3 of Godfrey Reggio and Philip Glass’s Qatsi trilogy, we see life at war as politicians, religious symbols, money, power and computers vie against each other through digital imagery. […]
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
On a plantation in the American South, a family comes together to celebrate the birthday of plus-sized patriarch Big Daddy (Burl Ives). But the high-pressure situation of a family get-together […]
Edge of Darkness
2010 revenge thriller Edge of Darkness is not to be confused with the song ‘Edge of Glory’, no matter how gaga the plot. Following the murder of his daughter (Bojana […]
The Possession
Where most possession movies are based around Christianity, 2012’s The Possession features a Jewish demon – and since we call the Christian ones Jesus Creepers, it seems only fair that […]
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Tom Waits, Liam Neeson and Tim Blake Nelson (O Brother, Where Art Thou?) star in this Western anthology about American mythology. Spurred on perhaps by the episodic nature of Hail, Caesar!, the Coen brothers […]
Mary Poppins Returns
Twenty-five years after the events of Mary Poppins, Banks children Michael and Jane (Ben Wishaw and Emily Mortimer) are grown up and still living in the old house next to […]
