Since 2007, Michael Bay has more or less devoted himself to the Transformers franchise. While that has undoubtedly produced some original moments – especially Transformers [...]

Over the last fifteen years, there have been two quite distinct tendencies in Robert Zemeckis’ body of work. On the one hand, as befits a director who made his name as a [...]

One of the most astonishing depictions of roadside America that I have seen in some time, Andrea Arnold’s American Honey started its life as Mag Crew, a film about the [...]

The second of two Jim Thompson adaptations to be released in 1990 after James Foley’s After Dark, My Sweet, The Grifters is my favourite film adaptation of any Thompson [...]

In a year that was distinguished by big budget sequels – Die Hard 2, Child’s Play 2, RoboCop 2 – Predator 2 was arguably the most inspired, an utter reinvention of the [...]

I wasn’t really sure to feel about State of Grace, Phil Joanou’s sophomore film – it’s a bit of a curate’s egg. On the one hand, it’s clearly aiming to create an [...]