Asteroid City
Arch-duke of whimsy and man who always looks like he’s auditioning for Doctor Who, Wes Anderson returns with this retrofuturist recreation of a play about an alien landing. And if […]
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The French Dispatch
At the French outpost of a small Kansas newspaper, its menagerie of writers recount their most notable stories before the printers stop rolling for good. As with most anthology films […]
The Personal History of David Copperfield
The latest film from Armando Iannucci takes on the semi-autobiographical Dickensian tale, as told by its literary protagonist (Dev Patel). In a whistlestop tour of Copperfield’s life we meet the […]
The Dead Don’t Die
A small-town police force (Bill Murray, Chloë Sevigny and Adam Driver) battle the undead in this zombie comedy set in an upside-down world where the dead are risen and the […]
Snowpiercer
Chris Evans stars in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi set on a train that never stops running. Told you it was sci-fi. This 2013 tracktion movie follows the revolutionary lower-class tail-section passengers […]
Wittgenstein
Derek Jarman’s penultimate film, Wittgenstein presents the life and ideas of the great 20th-century philosopher from Vienna. It means nothing to Midge Ure but who asked him? Like Caravaggio, this […]
Blue
This film from Caravaggio director Derek Jarman is an entirely blue screen over which the director talks about his experiences living with AIDs, shortly before his death the following year. […]
Caravaggio
Caravaggio is an art movie in every sense of the term, following the famous painter as he creates his vivid chiaroscuro masterpieces, and uncovering the emotional states that led to […]
Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist
London’s Vault Festival includes in its theatre/comedy line-up this wonderfully modern take on a tale as old as A Christmas Carol: a depressed man receives a spiritual visitor who helps […]
Suspiria (2018)
Dakota Johnson (50 Shades of Grey) is admitted to a West Berlin dance academy run by witches in this 2.5-hour horror remake. Talk about a glutton for punishment… Director Luca […]
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