Joker: A clown act you’re unlikely to forget
The origin story of Batman’s arch-enemy defies the usual conventions of a comic book adaptation. Laughing out loud would be…
Why did Parasite capture our societal imagination?
Lots of people are praising Bong Joon Ho’s film Parasite, and for good reason. Most critics talk about his depiction…
Talk To Her (2003) and the media’s dangerous sexualisation of victims
Almodóvar’s film Hablé con Ella (Talk to Her, 2003) aestheticizes the female body, masking sexual violence in ways that are…
Crache Cœur
Crache Coeur is a niche, must-see movie. Literally meaning Spit, Heart, the film’s title recalls ‘cache coeur’, a type of…
Colette, a modern soul in an old-fashioned world
The married life of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette is the story of a modern soul in an old fashioned world. She was…
Keshavarz’s Circumstance (2011) is one of disruption and defiance
On the surface, Circumstance (2011) depicts the emotive, tumultuous journey of Atafeh and her orphaned best friend Shireen. They fall…
Beauty’s Background
Toni Bestard’s short film Background, broadcasted on Arte this month, radiates a poetic understanding of cinema. It is a meta-narrative,…
Sleep with, not on, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Starring two of the finest (and finest-looking) actors of their generation, this underrated gem is as much a study of…
We might not hate Trump’s wall forever
A review of Professor Callahan’s documentary Great Walls It was with unexpectedly good timing that I visited the Great Wall…
“Nina” – a careful but lacklustre addition to Lesbian exploration in cinema
Nina and Wojtek are a long-married couple hoping to become parents. This familiar story is ruptured by the entrance of…
