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Spiderhead (2022) Review
Joseph Kosinski’s Netflix Original ‘Spiderhead’ (2022), starring Chris Hemsworth and Miles Teller, is a film with so much unrealised potential. Review by Joseph Wade.
Read More‘Minority Report’ at 20 – Review
Twenty years on from the release of Steven Spielberg sci-fi ‘Minority Report’, starring Tom Cruise, it remains one of the great contemplative mysteries on film. Review by Sam Sewell-Peterson.
Read More‘Blue My Mind’ and New Female Monsters
‘Blue My Mind’ cathartically redefines the old-fashioned film logic that pain must be felt in the coming-of-age period and thus redefines the rulings of the monstrous feminine. Essay by Grace Britten.
Read More‘Hercules’ at 25 – Review
The Disney Renaissance offered a number of animated feature film classics, but can ‘Hercules’ be considered one? Danny DeVito and company offer their voices. Sam Sewell-Peterson reviews.
Read MoreJurassic World Dominion (2022) Review
Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Jeff Golblum return in the 3rd ‘Jurassic World’ film ‘Jurassic World Dominion’, a modern tentpole blockbuster heavy on nostalgia. Review by Joseph Wade.
Read MoreIs Marvel’s Insistence on Being So Firmly On-The-Nose Rooted in a Distrust of Its Audience?
In ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’, Marvel, writer Michael Waldron and director Sam Raimi, tell rather than show. Is this because they don’t trust us to understand film language? Essay by Callum McGuigan.
Read MoreOne Fine Morning (2022) Review
Mia Hansen-Løve’s Cannes Film Festival entry ‘One Fine Morning’ starring Léa Seydoux as a single parent navigating Parisian life, depicts a bittersweet transitional period. Gala Woolley reviews.
Read MoreWhat Film Can Teach Us About Heartbreak
“Real life is often nonsensical and absurd – if art can truly mirror that experience, something special can occur.” What abstract ideas in film can teach us about heartbreak. Essay by Sam Florsheim.
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