The Story of Film: An Odyssey Blu-ray Review

Ten years ago, filmmaker Mark Cousins created a mammoth fifteen hour exploration of cinema called, grandiosely but accurately, The Story Of Film: An Odyssey. To... Read More...

Deerskin Review

Georges (Jean Dujardin), recently separated from his wife, decides to blow all of his savings on a deerskin jacket. The seller (Albert Delpy), baffled at the am... Read More...

Boarders Review

There’s a lot that is going to be different about this year’s COVID-delayed Tokyo Olympics. A significant way down the list is that, for the first time, skatebo... Read More...

Book Review: The Sweetness of Water by Nathan Harris

We arrive in the fictional town of Old Ox, Georgia, just after the Civil War has ended. Brothers Prentiss and Landry, recently freed slaves, are looking for wor... Read More...

Book Review: Filthy Animals by Brandon Taylor

Lionel, making his first tentative steps back into the world after a suicide attempt, attends a college party. Although he’s deeply uncomfortable, he manages to... Read More...

Book Review: Will This House Last Forever? by Xanthi Barker

Xanthi Barker’s father, the poet Sebastian Barker, left her mother for another woman when Xanthi and her brother were very young. After that, he was a sporadic ... Read More...

Book Review: The Union of Synchronised Swimmers by Cristina Sandu

The Union Of Synchronised Swimmers is an unusual book. For one thing, it’s hard to understand without reading the blurb. Digging straight in, it would be easy t... Read More...

Book Review: Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

Recent Harvard graduate Jess has, to put it mildly, a lot on her plate. Although she’s lived in America for the majority of her life, health and financial troub... Read More...

Carmen and Lola Review

Carmen (Rosy Rodríguez) is about to get engaged to her boyfriend Rafa (Juan José Jiménez). She meets Rafa’s cousin Lola (Zaira Romero), a closeted lesbian and b... Read More...

The Killing Of Two Lovers Review

David (Clayne Crawford) and Nikki (Sepideh Moafi) – high-school sweethearts who’ve been married for half their lives and have four kids together – have agreed t... Read More...

The Human Factor Review

There’s a horrible timeliness to the UK release of Dror Moreh’s The Human Factor. As the Israel-Palestine conflict intensifies to a level not seen in years, Mor... Read More...

My New York Year Review

Aspiring writer Joanna (Margaret Qualley) moves to New York City, where she soon gets a job at a top literary agency. One of her main tasks is to send form lett... Read More...