December 2023

Scott: Napoleon (2023)

December 18, 2023 // 0 Comments

Ridley Scott’s second French period piece in as many years is a biopic of Napoleon – and a biopic that in many ways aspires to be as grand and bombastic as Abel Gance’s [...]

Roth: Thanksgiving (2023)

December 15, 2023 // 0 Comments

In one sense, Thanksgiving is a loose continuation of Grindhouse, Eli Roth’s 2007 collaboration with Quentin Tarantino. As part of that project, Roth and Tarantino released [...]

Fennell: Saltburn (2023)

December 11, 2023 // 0 Comments

Saltburn, Emerald Fennell’s second film, is every bit as spectacular as Promising Young Woman, and perhaps every bit as wilfully misunderstood by critics too. Set in 2006, [...]

Argento: Opera (1987)

December 8, 2023 // 0 Comments

Opera may not be Dario Argento’s best film but in many ways it is the purest distillation of his vision. It also concludes his classic giallo era by present the genre as a [...]