- December 23, 2025
Joachim Trier: ‘I cling to life’
Crafting a complex portrait of a fraught father-daughter relationship set against a grand dragestil family home in Oslo, Joachim Trier turns to family, ancestral traumas and art to
The 30 best films of 2025
1. One Battle After Another We’ll be honest: in the run-up to the release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, we had no
Avatar: Fire and Ash review – another James…
Despite its entirely digital construction and sometimes uncanny mix of 24 and 48FPS 3D, Avatar: Fire and Ash is full of messy human impulse which
Lurker review – an excellent showcase for…
In his controversial but undeniably significant smash hit ‘Stan’, Eminem relayed the story of an obsessive fan who would do anything to get the attention
A Different Kind of Holiday Affair: Carol at 10
That this exchange takes place within the feminine domain of the department store – the doll counter, no less – clearly places the film within
Cover-Up review – a film worthy of Seymour Hersh
When investigative journalist Seymour “Sy” Hersh is asked what made him a suitable candidate to run his father’s store in Chicago, he shrugs, “Pizazz. Like people.”
Jafar Panahi: ‘We shouldn’t look at cinema too…
Jafar Panahi has had to navigate the most challenging set of circumstances in order to make films. Censored and persecuted by an authoritarian régime that
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery review –…
It’s never easy to deliver a sequel to a successful whodunnit, much less a threequel. At this point, the amateur sleuths have begun to identify recurring patterns and
Christy review – this ain’t ringing no box office…
When Robert De Niro radically transformed his body to play the boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull, it meant he was serious about his craft, and
The Carpenter’s Son review – FKA Twigs’ Mary is…
In the beginning there was nothing and then there was light. Or in the instance of The Carpenter’s Son, in the beginning there was the dogmatic