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Poor Things
To describe director Yorgos Lanthimos’s latest film Poor Things, which is adapted by Tony McNamara (The Favourite) from the 1992 novel by...

Paul Gainey
Feb 20, 20242 min read


The Zone of Interest
Some films strike like a lightning bolt on a first watch and stay with you, scarring themselves into your psyche and subtly but...

Paul Gainey
Feb 20, 20243 min read


Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Indiana Jones is back. It's been 34 years since the film that was supposed to be his farewell outing – it even had "Last" in the title –...

Paul Gainey
Feb 19, 20244 min read


Oppenheimer
“Oppenheimer” is director/writer Christopher Nolan’s best and most revealing work. It’s a profoundly unnerving story told with a...

Paul Gainey
Feb 16, 20244 min read


Funny Face
Charming yet relatively generic musical, “Funny Face” bridges the gap between Audrey Hepburn’s Oscar winning turn in “Roman Holiday” (at...

Paul Gainey
Feb 16, 20242 min read


Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese’s "Killers of the Flower Moon" is as much a companion to Goodfellas as The Departed was – albeit dealing with a type of...

Paul Gainey
Feb 12, 20243 min read


Anatomy of a Fall
French filmmaker Justine Triet’s breathtaking new film Anatomy of a Fall unpicks the aftermath of a fatal accident in the Alps. Did the...

Paul Gainey
Feb 12, 20243 min read


The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Like Doctor Strangelove before them, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has clearly learned to stop worrying and love the...

Paul Gainey
Feb 12, 20242 min read


The Holdovers
A cantankerous, unpopular teacher, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti); a bright, abrasive student, Angus (Dominic Sessa); and Mary (Da’Vine Joy...

Paul Gainey
Feb 12, 20244 min read


The British Academy Film Awards
The British Academy Film Awards are rarely ones to rock the boat, and this year’s nominees are a perfect case in point. With two weeks...

Paul Gainey
Feb 12, 20242 min read


American Fiction
American Fiction is an adaptation of Percival Everett’s 2001 novel Erasure, a satire on the US publishing industry. It's a showcase for...

Paul Gainey
Feb 12, 20243 min read


The Old Oak
A decade or so ago, the rumour was that Ken Loach was getting ready to quit. Then began a new parade of Conservative prime ministers in...

Paul Gainey
Feb 12, 20243 min read


Past Lives
Long tipped as an Oscar contender, playwright Celine Song’s autobiographical indie drama "Past Lives" more than lives up to the hype. The...

Paul Gainey
Feb 9, 20243 min read


The Bishops Wife
Best Christmas film ever? The argument rages. Most people opt for 'It's A Wonderful Life' but now there is a new film on the block...

Paul Gainey
Feb 9, 20242 min read


Mission Impossible
Mission Impossible goes AI in the seventh outing for the TV-series-turned-action-cinema-franchise- Dead Reckoning - a genuinely...

Paul Gainey
Feb 9, 20243 min read


The Golden Globes
The Golden Globes going gaga for quantum physics can’t have been on many film lovers’ awards season bingo cards, but Christopher Nolan’s...

Paul Gainey
Feb 9, 20242 min read
The Golden Globes
Who cares about the Golden Globes? Absolutely no one, many commentators will breezily assure you, before going on to discuss them in...

Paul Gainey
Feb 9, 20241 min read


The Friedkin Connection
The film director William Friedkin, who has died aged 87, was slightly older than the “movie brats” group (Steven Spielberg, Martin...

Paul Gainey
Aug 16, 20236 min read
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