- January 25, 2026
Return To Silent Hill review – if not entirely…
If anyone was going to try to adapt Silent Hill 2, one of video gaming’s most spectacular artistic achievements, you could do worse than French stylist
100 films to look forward to in 2026 – part two
61. Queen at Sea (Lance Hamer) February 2026 (Berlinale Première) Back in 2008, Lance Hamer was a name on everyone’s lips due to his massively impressive
Chihiro Amano: ‘It was like I hit a wall in all…
Every year at the Tokyo International Film Festival, the programming team makes an effort to champion emerging talent that challenges preconceived notions of what Japanese
Rental Family review – Brendan Fraser shines in…
Since playing a toothpaste superhero in an advertisement, down-on-his-luck actor Phillip Vanderploeg (Brendan Fraser) has been living in Tokyo for several years and further opportunities have
State of Statelessness review – an intimate…
This is a film about the constant sense of being slightly out of step with where you are standing, rendered with remarkable restraint. State of Statelessness is
Giant review – another tired boxing biopic for…
It’s nearing a quarter-century since the retirement of “Prince” Naseem Hamed, Sheffield’s world champion boxer of Yemeni heritage. For a while, in the run-up to the new
Chloé Zhao: ‘There’s a desire for the language of…
The career ascent of writer/director Chloé Zhao has been immense, taking in intimate indie dramas (Songs My Brother Taught Me, The Rider), sprawling sagas that
Bowie: The Final Act review – revisiting the…
In 2016, David Bowie’s death shook the world like a supernova – a deliberately-staged explosion that collapsed a lifetime of personas into a single, blinding point of closure. Ten years
The Housemaid review – what a mess
I first became acquainted with Freida McFadden’s New York Times bestselling thriller ‘The Housemaid’ earlier in 2025, when I stumbled across a YouTube video entitled “Is this
It’s a Wrap: 2025 in Film
Emily Maskell Five personal favourite films of 2025 Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier) Sorry, Baby (Eva Victor) April (Dea Kulumbegashvili) Flow (Gints Zilbalodis) On Falling (Laura Carreira)