21 h. ago MOVIE REVIEW: Did we get stung watching thriller 'The Wasp?'

Electric leading duo but tight tale better suited to its stage origins.

Politics

8 d. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We see if we should keep our distance from horror 'The Woman in the Yard'

Strong acting and imposing antagonist let down by story and severe lack of scares.

Events

1 week ago The Brightening Air at the Old Vic review: this slice of 1980s Irish life is hilarious and achingly moving

Conor McPherson is a singular writer and a phenomenal director

Politics

2 w. ago How accurate is movie Conclave and what was Catholic Church's review of it

Following the news of the death of Pope Francis had died, the Vatican will soon select the new leader of the Catholic Church - but how close to the truth is film Conclave?

Politics

2 w. ago The Legend of Ochi review – visually dazzling throwback kids movie

There’s an 80s vibe to this ET-adjacent family adventure with Willem Dafoe and Emily Watson, relying on impressive practical effectsThe Legend of Ochi creates such a complete visual experience that studio heads who have led countless multimillion-dollar trips to the green-screen warehouse should hang their heads in shame when they see it.It’s not that writer-director Isaiah Saxon and his collaborators have abstained, monk-like, from modern technology in assembling this children’s fantasy film; though it consciously throws back to puppetry, matte paintings and other practical effects that were more common in live-action family films of the 1980s, The Legend of Ochi clearly makes use of digital tricks, too. (When its trailer first dropped, online hordes were even convinced – wholly incorrectly – that its relatively low-budget world-building must be the product of generative AI tech.) But all of these non-AI techniques, as well as vivid location shooting in Romania, have been pulled to...

Politics

3 w. ago The Balcony Movie review – funny/sad film that offers a view into strangers’ lives

Pawel Lozinski’s documentary collects conversations with passers-by he talks to from the window of his Warsaw flatPolish film-maker Pawel Lozinski has curated this amusing, cumulatively melancholy documentary which he has shot from the first-floor balcony in his flat in the Saska Kępa district of Warsaw. Over a number of years, and with a microphone discreetly attached to the chainlink fence at street level, he simply calls down to people going past and asks them to stop and talk about something, anything.There are a lot of dog-walkers and people with babies; most people smile or grimace politely and say they are not special enough to be featured in a film. A priest says he can’t talk because he is carrying the Holy Sacrament. Others obligingly talk: one woman sings a rather beautiful song, a man talks about being homeless, having just got out of prison. People confide their sadness at the loss of a loved one, though one woman sheepishly confesses her profound happiness that her abu...

Culture

4 w. ago MOVIE REVIEW: We chill and check out tech thriller 'Cold Wallet'

Inconsistent tones short change what could have been a gripping, contemporary story.

Science