Author: Juliette Howard
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Hard Truths (2024) – Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy is a bottomless well in Mike Leigh’s return to the big screen
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There are surprisingly few hard truths to be found in Mike Leigh’s latest release, a tale of a…
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Queer (2024) – Daniel Craig takes a bad trip in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation of William S. Burroughs
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Daniel Craig is ravenous in Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ novella of the same…
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12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 3 to 1
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3. Woman of the Hour – three bachelors Anna Kendrick adds remarkable directing to her panoply of skills…
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12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 6-4
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6. Kneecap – rappers rapping “A country without a language is only half a nation,” declares an activist…
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12 Films of Christmas – Numbers 9 to 7
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9. Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl – inventors inventing (yet more stuff his poor dog has to…
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12 Films of Christmas – or, a colloquial recounting of my mission (à la Santa) to watch and rank twelve 2024 releases
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12. Red One – security guards guarding Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson adequately stars as Callum Drift, the North…
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Conclave (2024) – Ralph Fiennes leads Edward Berger’s excellent cardinal cat fight
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Ralph Fiennes leads a star-studded cast with the perfect blend of hesitation and conviction in Edward Berger’s papal…
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Paddington in Peru (2024) – Threequel takes furry hero on an enjoyable, if slightly muddled adventure
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Hold onto your red-stained bucket hats – everyone’s favourite British bear is back on the big screen. The…
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Anora (2024) – Sean Baker’s Palme d’or is a worthy winner
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It only takes Anora’s first shot to be fully sucked in – a pan across a row of…
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Blitz (2024) – Caricatured London wastes away in Steve McQueen’s wartime drama
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Steve McQueen has never been one to shy away from difficult topics. 12 Years a Slave, perhaps his…
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Heretic (2024) – Hugh Grant expertly shepherds faulty religious horror
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Only Hugh Grant can portray two sides of devilishly charming and get away with it. In Scott Beck…
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Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) – A sequel as conflicting in reception as it is in subject
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Living up to Joker is no small task. Winner of the Golden Lion at Venice, first R-rated film…
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The Outrun (2024) – Saoirse Ronan navigates between chaos and calm in tempestuous recovery tale
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Everything feels painfully real in Nora Fingscheidt’s The Outrun, a tale of loss and recovery in which Saoirse…
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Lee (2023) – A splendid portrait of the woman in Hitler’s bathtub
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The list of films based on women plucked out of obscurity is infinite, such important stories from the…
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The Substance (2024) – Coralie Fargeat does what she wants
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Here is a film that doesn’t shy away from anything. The Substance, directed by Coralie Fargeat, is one…
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Blink Twice (2024) – Zoe Kravitz’s stylised horror says too much all at once
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There is a lot to like – and to be disgusted by – in Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut…
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Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024) – Tim Burton’s sequel is a gory feast for the eyes (and the memories)
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It’s only taken thirty six years for Tim Burton to get round to Beetlejuice the second – and…
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A Quiet Place: Day One (2024) – A shaky but enjoyable third instalment to John Krasinski’s Quiet franchise
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From (half) the mind of original director John Krasinski comes the genesis of the quiet world as we…
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Inside Out 2 (2024) – An intrepid sequel for the inner child
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It’s summer 2024, and Joy & co. are back for another whirlwind adventure inside of Riley’s head almost…
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Wicked Little Letters (2023) – A rather dark tale of a woman’s emancipation
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A splendid selection of British acting royalty stars in Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters, a rambunctious mystery-comedy based…
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