Liesl Tommy’s Aretha Franklin biopic at times feels almost too polite and too tastfully done. Fundamentally an Oscar bid vehicle…
Werewolves Within (streaming) ⭐⭐½
Based on a video-game, though if you’re unfamiliar with the title, you wouldn’t know it from the film, Josh Ruben’s…
Shang-Chi and The Legend Of The Ten Rings ⭐⭐⭐⭐
It’s definitely positive representation, though not quite total integration when no one will bat an eyelid if Superman or Iron…
Annette ⭐⭐
I’m perhaps only a casual Sparks fan, but as artistically rendered as this film is by French director Leos Carax…
Black Bear (MUBI) ⭐⭐⭐½
Lawrence Michael Levine’s bizarre, ouroboric, perhaps even solipsistic, film is an odd one to crack but fascinating to experience and…
David Byrne’s American Utopia ⭐⭐⭐⭐
A barefooted (Lord knows why but I’m fascinated nevertheless) and grey-suited David Byrne on a (mostly) bare stage runs through…
The Nest ⭐⭐⭐
If the trailer prepared me for yet another indie drama dissecting a marital breakdown that I’ve seen numerous times before…
Be More Chill .. at the Shaftesbury Theatre ⭐⭐ 1/2
A teenage geek takes a pill with its own techno autonomous life to boost his confidence, but finds artificial intelligence…
Censor ⭐⭐⭐
Judged as an miniscule-budgeted indie, this is a solid debut from Prano Bailey-Bond with an original, possibly inspired, idea, even…
Reminiscence ⭐⭐
Practically dumped into cinemas with little fanfare, despite starring Hugh Jackman, Lisa Joy’s debut feature is essentially an old-fashioned film…
