Movie reviews

Latest

Movie

Memory Box: Echoes of 9/11

The titular memory box of this tactful, artful documentary from co-directors David Belton and Bjørn Johnson isn’t a…

By Oliver Johnston
Movie

Cyrano

A cinematic adaptation of Erica Schmidt’s 2018 musical, itself based on the 1897 play Cyrano de Bergerac, Cyrano…

By Umar Ali
Movie

Memoria

Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, Memoria is a slow-moving, meditative picture infused…

By Mersa Auda
Movie

Cow

“Has she really gotten this bad?” a farmworker asks another, to which he replies, “What do you mean?”;…

By Emma Kiely
Movie

Enys Men

Covered in scratch marks and film grain, Mark Jenkins's experimental, mind-bending horror, Enys Men (pronounced “main”, not “men”…

By Andrew Murray
Movie

Ailey

Chronicling the remarkable life and career of American dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey, Ailey (from director Jamila Wignot)…

By Andrew Murray
Movie

The 355

An action film featuring an ensemble of spies, The 355 boasts a superb cast of five female leads.…

By Mersa Auda
Movie

The Protégé

Helmed by seasoned action director Michael Campbell of Casino Royale and GoldenEye fame, with a script penned by…

By Andrew Murray
Movie

Munich: The Edge of War

Based on the novel of the same name by Robert Harris, Munich: The Edge of War follows British…

By Umar Ali
Movie

A Hero

A Hero, by the Iranian director of the acclaimed A Separation (Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film) Ashgar Farhadi, receives…

By Emma Kiely