‘Jigsaw’ Review: More Saw with all the Flaws.
A new game begins! Though it’s really more like an expansion pack. Same rules, same feel, just a few new features. Jigsaw picks up ten...
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‘The Death of Stalin’ Review: Iannucci’s Dark Political Comedy Scores Big Laughs
Armando Iannucci’s excellent new film opens with a fabulous statement of purpose. On the last night of Joseph Stalin’s life he signs that night’s death...
‘Thor: Ragnarok Review’: Thor and Hulk Unite, but the New Marvel Movie isn’t Quite A Knock-out Blow
“You will always be the God of Mischief, but if you tried you could be so much more” Thor’s most recent piece of advice to...
‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is Hilarious, Spine-tingling and Utterly Gripping.
The less you know about what actually happens in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the richer your experience of the first act will be....
‘Thelma’ is a Subtle, Supernatural Character Study
Director Joachim Trier told us that after his drama film Louder than Bombs he wanted to make something more abstract. As such, he decided to...
’78/52′ Gets Right to the Bloody Heart of Hitchcock’s Classic Shower Scene
78 setups for 52 shots. That’s what comprises the infamous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and the title of this new documentary about the...
‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Review: Vince Vaughn Convinces as the Big Badass You Don’t Want to Mess With
Bone Tomahawk was a savage but highly inventive film. Writer director S. Craig Zahler has followed this horror western up with a tense and equally...
From the London Film Festival 2017 ‘Jailbreak’ Has Some of the Best Fight Scenes This Side of The Raid
Cambodia’s answer to The Raid? Actor Jean-Paul Ly revealed to us that the Cambodian film industry is very young. It’s first modern cinema opened only...
From the London Film Festival 2017: ‘Beyond the Clouds’
The first Indian film by Iranian film maker, Majid Majidi, Beyond the Clouds is a crime drama set in Mumbai. Aamir (Ishaan Khattar) is a...
From The London Film Festival 2017: ‘Grain’ is a Tarkovsky Influenced Sci-Fi in Stunning Black and White
In a post-apocalyptic thriller where a manmade grain has supplanted all other crops but is now beginning to fail, a lone scientist leaves the safety...