Green Book Pairs a Genial Road Movie with a Misguided View of Racism
Green Book is a film of two halves, and one of those halves is only controversial as a Best Picture contender because of its banality.
Widows: The Genre Film That Isn’t
But Widows exhibits cosmetic similarities with the heist genre, it resolutely resists generic conventions.
Faces Places (2017)
Faces Places bubbles with irrepressible charm.
I, Tonya Comes in Second Place to Scorsese
I, Tonya might be a love letter to disgraced former ice skater Tonya Harding, but it’s also a love letter to Martin Scorsese.
The Florida Project and the Infantilisation of America
This is a fun film, a film that carries you along with it and puts a smile on your face as often as it tugs on your heartstrings.
Call Me By Your Name is a Sticky, Slick, Impossibly Sweet Masterpiece
Call Me By Your Name is less a love story than a cinema of sensation: the tenderness of touch, the sheen of sweat, the cool calm of water.
Breathe (2017)
It’s no huge surprise that Andy Serkis’ directorial debut would be such a transparent pitch for awards recognition.
