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August 22, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Materialists (2025) – Celine Song’s depiction of modern dating is refreshingly truthful
August 22, 2025
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Juliette Howard
EIFF: Little Trouble Girls (2025) – Director Urška Djukić talks the importance of music, repression and shame in a young girl’s life, and working instinctively
August 20, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Weapons (2025) – Superbly entertaining gore fest is as scary as it is funny
August 20, 2025
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Juliette Howard
EIFF: On The Sea (2025) – Actors Lorne MacFadyen and Barry Ward talk hidden details, masculinity and friendships made along the way
August 19, 2025
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Juliette Howard
EIFF: Walk With Me (2024) – Director Heidi Levitt discusses working with her family, letting herself create and the need for a movement to help Alzheimer patients and their caregivers
August 18, 2025
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Juliette Howard
EIFF: Best Boy (2025) – Director Jesse Noah Klein talks family trauma, the importance of language and exploring drama through a comic lens
August 17, 2025
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Juliette Howard
EIFF: Concessions (2025) – Director Mas Bouzidi talks movie theatres, influences and working with his hero, the late Michael Madsen
August 16, 2025
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Juliette Howard
EIFF: Zodiac Killer Project (2025) – Director Charlie Shackleton discusses our fascination with the macabre, spontaneity and how failure can be turned into creativity
July 11, 2025
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Juliette Howard
The Salt Path controversy – a step too far?
July 11, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025) – fun and action-packed latest instalment without any of the depth
July 2, 2025
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Arjan Arenas
F1: The Movie (2025) – the fast and the tedious
July 1, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Die Akademie (2024) – an entertaining female Whiplash with little of the stakes
June 25, 2025
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Juliette Howard
28 Years Later (2025) – Danny Boyle’s tense third instalment does too much all at once
June 20, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Good One (2024) – Lily Collias walks a winding path in India Donaldson’s indie full of complicated emotions
June 13, 2025
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Juliette Howard
The Salt Path (2024) – unremarkable film for what is a truly remarkable story
June 9, 2025
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Juliette Howard
I finally watched Schindler’s List (1993)
June 4, 2025
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Juliette Howard
The Phoenician Scheme (2025) – Wes Anderson bounces back with whimsical tale of a father and daughter bonding over illegal affairs
May 31, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Riefenstahl (2024) – portrait of Hitler’s personal film director is fascinating if slightly biased
May 29, 2025
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Arjan Arenas
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) – a bittersweet send-off
May 25, 2025
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Juliette Howard
The Surfer (2024) – Nicolas Cage just can’t catch a break (or wave) in hallucinogenic Australian thriller
May 23, 2025
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Tarryn Henderson
Final Destination Bloodlines (2025) – a sweet, familiar, fun and ultra-processed recession indicator of a film
May 18, 2025
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Faisal Shaker
Thunderbolts* (2025) – a solid and heartfelt Marvel blockbuster that doesn’t get to truly shine
May 11, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Vingt Dieux (Holy Cow) (2024) – Debut about young dairy farmers is as tender as it is wistful
May 5, 2025
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Juliette Howard
The Penguin Lessons (2025) – Adaptation of Tom Michell’s memoir plays between the feel good and existential with grace
April 27, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Sinners (2025) – Ryan Coogler’s thriller bites off more than it can chew
April 21, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Drop (2025) – Unoriginal high-strung thriller is entertainment without substance
April 16, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Mickey 17 (2025) – Bong Joon Ho’s dark dystopia is strangely comforting to watch
March 9, 2025
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Juliette Howard
The Last Showgirl (2024) – Pamela Anderson airbrushes her razzle dazzle life in Gia Coppola’s tragic drama
March 4, 2025
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Juliette Howard
Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (2025) – Lovelorn heroine ages beautifully in sucker punch of a fourth instalment
February 28, 2025
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Juliette Howard
A Complete Unknown (2024) – Bob Dylan’s transgressive nature does not carry through to his biopic
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