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interviewee in the 2025 documentary time capsule film the passengers
Film Reviews

The Passengers review – a startlingly honest time capsule documentary

A stunning snapshot in time.

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Laura Potier September 1, 2025
brad pitt and damson idris in f1 film
Film Reviews

F1 Movie review – Brad Pitt races ahead in high-octane ride

Brad Pitt hits the gas in F1, a slick, high-speed adrenaline fantasy that’s essentially Joseph Kosinski’s Top…

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Laura Potier June 25, 2025
neal mcdonough in the last rodeo
Film Reviews

The Last Rodeo review – a stumbling ride through family, faith, and pride

The Last Rodeo bucks its potential.

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Laura Potier June 8, 2025
vickz and bizzy in a-town boyz
Film Reviews

A-Town Boyz review – unfiltered, unresolved, and unflinching

An unflinching, unresolved look at the lives of Atlanta’s Asian-American youths.

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Laura Potier May 21, 2025
gorillas holding hands in documentary escape from extinction rewilding
Film Reviews

Escape from Extinction: Rewilding review – Meryl Streep narrates a superficial but hopeful doc

A surface-level yet hopeful primer on the many rewilding strategies that may save the planet.

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Laura Potier May 20, 2025
taz skylar and daisy ridley in still from the cleaner by martin campbell
Interviews

Taz Skylar on Cleaner: Blacked-Out Car Scripts, Tattoos, and the Modern Antihero

InCleaner, a tense, thought-provoking thriller from director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale), former special forces soldier Joey…

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Laura Potier May 2, 2025
ke huy quan as marvin in love hurts
Film Reviews

Love Hurts review – an action-filled comedy with a romantic twist

Love Hurts unites Academy Award winners Ke Huy Quan and Ariana DeBose.

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Hannah Skjellum-Salmon March 13, 2025
nina conti in sunlight 2024
Film Reviews

Sunlight review – a road trip comedy about silliness, suicide and simians

A strange but fascinating road trip comedy, Sunlight is about a film where you can step into being somebody else – evan a giant business-minded monkey.

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James Hanton August 19, 2024
still from iranian film A shrine (2024) at edinburgh international film festival
Film Reviews

A Shrine review – a moving story of morals and consequences

A Shrine by Abdolreza Kahani is a contemplative drama that looks at a delicate ethical dilemma with the grace and simplicity of approach that it deserves.

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James Hanton August 19, 2024
still of orlando: my political biography
Film Reviews

Orlando: My Political Biography review – a breathtaking film about transgender experiences

Orlando: My Political Biography by Paul B. Preciado is a stunning and provocative look at transgender lives through the lense of Virginia Woolf.

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James Hanton July 23, 2024
film still of sorcery 2024
Film Reviews

Sorcery review – a mysterious drama grappling with colonialism and faith

Christopher Murray’s eerie and sombre drama Sorcery is an enchanting look at identity and heritage in the face of colonial violence and crises of faith.

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James Hanton June 24, 2024
The French Dispatch story 1 The Concrete Masterpiece chapter title card
Deep Dive

Chapters and fragmentation in epics: is cinema giving up on linear storytelling?

Hulking epics are out, episodic timelines are in.

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Edward Mawer September 10, 2022
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy - queer coding
Deep Dive

Breaking the code: a history of Queer coding cinema

A history and evolution of queer coding in Hollywood.

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Ken Wilson September 23, 2021

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orion and the dark netflix feature animation
Film Reviews
February 15, 2024

Orion and the Dark review – a surprisingly sincere and inventive family adventure

James Hanton February 15, 2024
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Film Reviews
April 26, 2024

Back to Black review – despite a stellar lead performance, this biopic falls short

Beth McMillan April 26, 2024
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Film Reviews
April 19, 2024

Drive-Away Dolls review – Ethan Coen’s funny, horny, lesbian road trip

Beth McMillan April 19, 2024
jason statham in the beekeper by amazon studios and mgm
Film Reviews
January 15, 2024

The Beekeeper review – don’t believe the buzz

James Hanton January 15, 2024
still from kingdom of the planet of the apes
Film Reviews
May 11, 2024

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes review – an operatic blockbuster that leaves too much on the table

Awais Irfan May 11, 2024
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Film Reviews
October 1, 2023

A Haunting In Venice review – a charismatic spin on the locked-room mystery

Beth McMillan October 1, 2023
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Film Reviews
August 31, 2023

Passages review – an erotically charged and searing drama

James Hanton August 31, 2023
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Film Reviews
May 26, 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga review – Anya Taylor-Joy rides eternal in explosive Fury Road prequel

James Hanton May 26, 2024
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Film Reviews
March 20, 2024

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire review – it’s a death chill for the franchise

Dallas King March 20, 2024
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Film Reviews
December 17, 2023

Godzilla Minus One review – the best monster movie in recent times

James Hanton December 17, 2023

The Long Read

21st century according to science fiction, featuring johnny mnemonic, running man, akira, back to the future, 2001 a space odyssey, and blade runner
Deep Dive
May 16, 2021

Days of Future Past: What science fiction cinema got right about the future

Dallas King May 16, 2021
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Deep Dive
June 11, 2021

Mandabi: a post-colonial critique and its present-day relevance

Hannah Skjellum-Salmon June 11, 2021
Deep Dive
December 6, 2019

It’s a mad, mad Marx world – Fury Road and Althusser’s Marxist state

James Hanton December 6, 2019
Deep Dive
February 16, 2020

Upward mobility in Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite and Snowpiercer

Stanyo Zhelev February 16, 2020
Oscar-winning film Rain Man stars Dustin Hoffman as a man with autism, co-starring Tom Cruise
Deep Dive
June 29, 2021

Hollywood Autism: the good, the bad, and the downright insulting

Kerry Baptiste June 29, 2021
comparing The Novice and Black Swan depictions of female obsession
Deep Dive
April 27, 2022

Swans, Ravens, and Feminine Obsession: how does Aronofsky’s cult film relate to Lauren Hadaway’s debut?

Isobel Robinson April 27, 2022
Deep Dive
May 7, 2020

The Other, the Uncanny, the Anomaly: How do we understand monsters on-screen?

James Hanton May 7, 2020
almost famous penny lane
Deep Dive
September 15, 2020

What Almost Famous has to say about celebrity and fan cultures

Bruno Savill de Jong September 15, 2020
Bradley Cooper sat in burning room in Nightmare Alley
Deep Dive
March 16, 2022

Nightmare Alley and the proposed inevitability of sin

James Harvey March 16, 2022
Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman in Midnight Cowboy - queer coding
Deep Dive
September 23, 2021

Breaking the code: a history of Queer coding cinema

Ken Wilson September 23, 2021

Film Reviews

christina ricci and kevin james in guns up
September 1, 2025

Guns Up review – Kevin James is solid in an otherwise forgettable crime actioner

by Laura Potier

Guns Up has all the ingredients of a solid crime thriller – mob families, betrayal, a “one last job” setup, and a family caught in the middle. Unfortunately, it never really rises…

Laura Potier September 1, 2025
interviewee in the 2025 documentary time capsule film the passengers
September 1, 2025
The Passengers review – a startlingly honest time capsule documentary
by Laura Potier
Laura Potier September 1, 2025
brad pitt and damson idris in f1 film
June 25, 2025
F1 Movie review – Brad Pitt races ahead in high-octane ride
by Laura Potier
Laura Potier June 25, 2025
neal mcdonough in the last rodeo
June 8, 2025
The Last Rodeo review – a stumbling ride through family, faith, and pride
by Laura Potier
Laura Potier June 8, 2025
vickz and bizzy in a-town boyz
May 21, 2025
A-Town Boyz review – unfiltered, unresolved, and unflinching
by Laura Potier
Laura Potier May 21, 2025

Interviews

taz skylar and daisy ridley in still from the cleaner by martin campbell
May 2, 2025

Taz Skylar on Cleaner: Blacked-Out Car Scripts, Tattoos, and the Modern Antihero

by Laura Potier
Laura Potier May 2, 2025
saleka as lady raven performing in m night shyamalan thriller trap
August 7, 2024
Saleka Shyamalan on Balancing Music and Acting In Trap
by Laura Potier
Laura Potier August 7, 2024
lil nas x long live montera concert documentary directed by zac manuel interview
June 6, 2024
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero director Zac Manuel on capturing Lil Nas X’s tour & personal life
by Hannah Skjellum-Salmon
Hannah Skjellum-Salmon June 6, 2024
of an age still
August 7, 2023
Of An Age director Goran Stolevski on this nostalgic first love story
by Laura Potier
Laura Potier August 7, 2023
John Boyega as Brian Brown-Easley in Abi Damaris Corbin film Breaking 892
March 24, 2023
Breaking director Abi Damaris Corbin on her simple mission: to do right by people
by Laura Potier
Laura Potier March 24, 2023

Deep Dive

All that Heaven allows by Douglas Sirk film still
March 6, 2023

The unsung subversiveness of Douglas Sirk’s melodramas

by Ken Wilson
Ken Wilson March 6, 2023
November 24, 2022
What to see at the 13th DOC NYC Festival
by Lauren Wissot
Lauren Wissot November 24, 2022
the 25th SCAD Savannah Film Festival presents Wonder Women Producers industry panel
November 21, 2022
The 25th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Presents Wonder Women: Producers
by Lauren Wissot
Lauren Wissot November 21, 2022
Leonard Nimoy as Spock saying goodbye to William Shatner as Kirk in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
September 18, 2022
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan at 40: set phasers to nostalgia
by Hannah Skjellum-Salmon
Hannah Skjellum-Salmon September 18, 2022
E.T. the extra-terrestrial with glowing finger
September 11, 2022
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial at 40: why Spielberg’s otherworldly world spectacle hits so close to home
by Lauren Macaree
Lauren Macaree September 11, 2022
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