Burning is an exceptional, nuanced thriller with incredible acting. It resonated with me for days.
Burning (2018)
Category: London Film Festival
watched at the London Film Festival
High Tension (1950)
Ingmar Bergman's long-unseen spy movie (!) is no masterpiece, but it's a brisk entertaining diversion.
Mandy (2017)
Mandy is a satisfying and visually impressive revenge myth, with a great role for Nicolas Cage
Sunset (2018)
László Nemes's follow-up to Son of Saul is a frustrating experience
The Fog (1980)
Revisiting John Carpenter's The Fog was a fun and colourful experience
Aquarela (2018)
Aquarela is an immersive and visually stunning documentary about the awesome power of water in nature.
Bergman – A Year in a Life (2018)
This fascinating documentary depicts the darker side of Ingmar Bergman's character
Sorry To Bother You (2018)
Rapper Boots Riley's directorial debut is a funny and biting satire on capitalism and race.
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man (2018)
"Nobody will ever believe you"
La Vérité (1960)
French director Henri-Georges Clouzot is nowadays best known for a pair of thrillers from the early 1950s, Les Diaboliques and the incredibly tense The Wages of Fear. By contrast, La Vérité (The Truth) is almost forgotten despite a hugely successful release in France and showing the world that sex-kitten Brigitte Bardot can really act. A new restoration, shown… Continue reading La Vérité (1960)
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