Jared Nicholson and Ben Lawrence on their documentary Aftermath
Jared himself had unwittingly become a primary subject of Aftermath with his eyes being cleared of the scales of mis/disinformation.…
Nadine Whitney
Whose right to write? Kuba Dorabialski on Agata the Writer
One of the key questions in Kuba Dorabialski's Agata the Writer is who gets to tell the stories of other people’s pain?…
The Social Reckoning is ploddingly obsolete
One of the most glaring errors of The Social Reckoning is the title itself. What reckoning? Mark Zuckerberg has managed to dodge any true repercussions for turning Facebook into a platform that encourages engagement with the far right and other harmful groups.…
Hell on Earth is here and now in The Glorious Dead
The Adams Family’s dark comedy horror take on contemporary America: The Glorious Dead is chilling, gruesome, and all too real. Toby Poser and John Adams talk about their personal film.…
Culture Clash: Stéphane Demoustier on the battle between vision and reality in The Great Arch
The Great Arch is both surprisingly relatable and a fascinating character study of the men and women who built the past with an eye to the future.…
Michael Schwarz on his clever and fun small town slasher The Only One
One of my favourite genres is slasher films, and there's a certain joy that I get when I watch them. It's even the ones that aren't necessarily great, to me they're hangout films. You hang out with a bunch of characters, hopefully you like them, sometimes you don't.…
The poetics of chance guide Dry Leaf
Koberidze creates a conversation with all of the shifting moments of reality that exist for the individual and then become irrevocably “something else” when they form symbolic vestiges.…
Ken Kwapis pays tribute to true originals with his delightful documentary We Are The Shaggs
We are the Shaggs is irresistible. Even if you find the music unlistenable (and that’s a common reaction), it’s hard to deny the innocence and openness that the Wiggin sisters put both into their songs and into their wonderful reminiscing.…
Practical Magic 2 is nostalgia bait with little to enchant
Practical Magic 2 is the kind of movie that one watches silently begging to do something. Be braver and bolder, be better, be mildly enchanting. Be more than nostalgia with diminishing returns.…
Boorman and the Devil is a treat for film enthusiasts as it respectfully investigates a notorious flop
Almost enough to revisit Exorcist II: The Heretic with new eyes, although even the stars of the film don’t recommend that.…
Annemarie Jacir on reclamation and telling hidden histories in Palestine 36
All the details of how to control and occupy a people are placed from that (British colonial) moment. The British were experts at it by the time they came to Palestine.…
Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars delivers an uninspired post-apocalyptic drama with thin characterisation and a cliched plot
Scott seems to be going through the motions with The Dog Stars by not greatly concerning himself with pacing (the first act is tediously long), not particularly interested in adding to the whisper-thin characterisation and only seems to come alive during scenes of violent interactions…