Friend Request
Friend Request is directed by Simon Verhoeven, the grandson of German director Paul Verhoeven – as opposed to the famous Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (I’m confused). Friend Request is the latest entry into the surprisingly […]
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Victoria
This German thriller takes place in the small hours in Berlin, and follows a young Spanish woman (Laia Costa) who hits it off with a local guy (Frederick Lau) – until things […]
Miles Ahead
Don Cheadle directs, co-writes and stars in this new film based on jazz legend Miles Davis. Miles Ahead is not a biopic – at least not in the traditional sense. […]
Eye in the Sky
Eye in the Sky is a military thriller about an operation to capture Al-Shabaab extremists in Kenya; not to be confused with Iron Sky, which is about Nazis on the Moon. The […]
Scratch
Scratch is a 2001 documentary about hip-hop, DJing and turntablism, which you can and should watch on YouTube. Like skateboarding documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys or drag doc Paris is Burning, […]
Green Room
Green Room is a horror film starring Patrick Stewart and Anton Yelchin, making it something of a Trekgasm. Make that a Borgasm. Jeremy Saulnier’s new movie follows a punk band who end […]
Single White Female
Single White Female is a 1992 thriller about a New York woman (Bridget Fonda) whose new flatmate (Jennifer Jason Leigh) turns out to be the roommate from hell. And I don’t mean she steals […]
Midnight Special
When it comes to lazy naming conventions, the prefix Midnight is second only to American – Midnight Cowboy, Midnight Run and now Midnight Special. The film opens with two men and a child (Michael […]
Zootropolis
Disney’s latest animation has more names than Snoop Dogg. In the UK it’s Zootropolis, in the US Zootopia, in Germany Zoomania and in China the very catchy Crazy Animal City. So in […]
Marguerite
The twin films phenomenon strikes again. This year sees the release of two movies based on the life of Florence Foster Jenkins, a notoriously bad amateur opera singer from the […]
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