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Review: The Hate U Give

Review: The Hate U Give

If this year’s BlackKklansman served as a solid artistic insight into the roots of modern-day racism, then George Tillman Jr’s The Hate U Give makes for a fantastic following piece about the current state of American racial tensions
Review: Two For Joy

Review: Two For Joy

Izzy Sharp finds aspects of Tom Beard’s Two For Joy compelling and heartfelt, yet ultimately unable to strike home with its depiction of the tensions within a modern British family
Review: Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Review: Tetsuo: The Iron Man

Tetsuo: The Iron Man is a radical film that is profoundly shocking in both style and content, fostering a powerful sense of unease in the viewer. Almost 30 years after its release, it still has the capacity to disturb, writes Ashwin Tharoor
Review: 22 July

Review: 22 July

A review of Paul Greengrass’s drama depicting the 2011 terror attacks in Norway and their fallout among the survivors.
First Watch: Casablanca

First Watch: Casablanca

At first glance, the film may be seen as just another tale of a damsel in distress, but upon closer inspection, Casablanca is a romantic fantasy that has made an everlasting impact on cinema as a whole
Netflix returns us to the golden era of rom-coms

Netflix returns us to the golden era of rom-coms

Georgia Church reviews one of Netflix’s new rom-coms, Set It Up
Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!

Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again!

Emily Wain reviews Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, which is a positive sing-along throughout
Review: Climax

Review: Climax

Ever considered using psychedelic drugs? This film might make you think twice. Alfie Clark reviews Gaspar Noé’s fifth feature film
Preview: The Early Films of Japan’s Punk Generation

Preview: The Early Films of Japan’s Punk Generation

Catch an ’80s array of cult Japanese sci-fi, horror and action at HOME this October
Review: Slender Man

Review: Slender Man

One of the simplest ways to realise what you think about a film is to ask how it made you feel. In the case of this sluggish, ugly, and disassembled product known as the Slender Man movie, I just feel unequivocally angry. At one point during the film, I found myself demanding that it make […]
Review: BlacKkKlansman

Review: BlacKkKlansman

Attempting to trace the career of Spike Lee and his cultural impact would prove somewhat tricky to say the least. His latest film – The BlacKkKlansman – proves no easier. Lee is most accomplished for his confrontational dramas based on various societal issues. From Jungle Fever discussing interracial relationships, to 25th Hour’s evaluation of post-9/11 […]
Review: Bodyguard

Review: Bodyguard

The unmissable hit drama is among the BBC’s recent wave of sublime television-making and features top-rate acting that will keep us gripped to our screens
The Oscars 2018: Fashion

The Oscars 2018: Fashion

Rona McCann gives a roundup of the couture seen on the red carpet at last week’s Oscars
Review: Klimowski Poster Book

Review: Klimowski Poster Book

“He leads the field by a very long furlong, out on his own, making his own weather. He is Klimowski, unafraid” – Harold Pinter
Review: You Were Never Really Here

Review: You Were Never Really Here

If you saw Joaquin Phoenix bounding down a corridor wielding a hammer you would truly wish you were never here
Review: Lady Bird

Review: Lady Bird

Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird is an authentic tale full of the frustration that goes hand in hand with coming of age
Review: I, Tonya

Review: I, Tonya

A fantastically heart-breaking inside look into a sporting scandal that rocked the world
Review: The Cloverfield Paradox

Review: The Cloverfield Paradox

J.J. Abrams’ enigmatic sci-fi franchise returns out of the blue, this time on Netflix
Review: Loveless

Review: Loveless

Zvyagintsev uses a crumbling marriage as a metaphor for the country as a whole
Review: Coco

Review: Coco

Pixar crafts an action-packed, emotional celebration of Mexican culture