When Marnie Was There
Released in 2014, When Marnie Was There was Studio Ghibli’s final film – until 2020’s How Do You Live? was announced by Hayao Miyazaki, a man who comes out of retirement almost as often […]
Tag Archives: 2010s
Michelle Obama: Becoming
Michelle Obama takes us from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to becoming the first black First Lady of the United States. The first seven chapters, in which […]
Aquaman in 270°
Aquaman is the long-awaited sequel to that episode of The Office where Gareth wonders if there will ever be a boy born who can swim faster than a shark. For […]
The Front Runner
Hugh Jackman is Gary Hart, the early front runner for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 presidential election, whose campaign was cut short by rumours of marital infidelity. Oh, how […]
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), […]
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 […]
Screen Goblin 