‘News of the World’ (2021), from Bourne Series director Paul Greengrass and starring Tom Hanks, nominated for 4 Oscars including cinematography, is “two hours well spent”, but little more. Kieran Judge reviews.
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Analysing the iconic trailer to the iconic 1960 horror ‘Psycho’, starring a first person narration from director Alfred Hitchcock himself. Feature by Kieran Judge.
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How tension is ramped up and a moral conundrum of war is addressed in one particularly well made scene in ‘Sands of Iwo Jima’, starring John Wayne. Analysis by Kieran Judge.
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Aubrey Plaza electrifies in the “utterly brilliant” thriller ‘Black Bear’, from screenwriter-director Lawrence Michael Levine, reviewed here by Kieran Judge.
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2020 sci-fi actioner ‘Breach’, starring Bruce Willis, takes a lot of inspiration from the likes of ‘Alien’, but is a painful and unoriginal genre offering. Kieran Judge reviews.
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Netflix Original ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ from screenwriter-director Aaron Sorkin and starring an ensemble including Eddie Redmayne, Sacha Baron Cohen, reviewed by Kieran Judge.
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The story of Jeremy Silman, the International Master of Chess uncredited with work on ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’ and that iconic chess scene. Article by Kieran Judge.
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How ‘Vivarium’ (2020) succeeds in frustrating some and enlightening others through its choice of presenting actively-passive characters against all usual writing principles. Essay by Kieran Judge.
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When plot twists work and when they don’t. Kieran Judge explores one of cinema’s most controversial, discussion stirring narrative elements, ruminating on some of the form’s best and most famous examples.
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Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'