Glass: Love Lies Bleeding (2024)
Love Lies Bleeding is one of the more defiantly lesbian films I’ve seen recently. Its defiance lies in the fact that it makes no effort to normalise lesbianism, or [...]
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Prince & The New Power Generation, [Love Symbol] (1992)
By the early 90s, Prince was torn between a desire to make an album-length statement and his inability or unwillingness to let his sound be condensed to just one thing. His [...]
Coppola: Priscilla (2023)
One of the enduring tropes of Sofia Coppola’s body of work is girlhood in palatial settings – the Versailles of Marie Antoinette, the Chateau Marmont of Somewhere and now [...]
Coen: Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
It’s been strange to see the Coen Brothers splinter off into their own projects. Whereas Joel opted for The Tragedy of Macbeth, Ethan’s first feature (not including his [...]
Nas: The Lost Tapes (2002)
Technically, The Lost Tapes isn’t a studio album. But there’s no doubt that it’s one of the best releases of Nas’ career. In fact, it may be the album that most [...]
Cairnes: Late Night With the Devil (2023)
It’s funny how rapidly streaming has taken over our lives. Only ten years ago I remember noticing that I was no longer relying primarily on DVDs, and now my remaining DVDs [...]
Bettinelli-Olpin & Gillett: Abigail (2024)
Abigail epitomises everything that I find frustrating about the Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett brand. Their taste for suspenseful horror is so unerring and yet they [...]
Ayer: The Beekeeper (2024)
David Ayer’s The Beekeeper is peak late Jason Statham – fun, exciting and totally committed to its ludicrous premise. One of the most enjoyable things about classical [...]
Harlin: The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
Getting Renny Harlin to helm the three-part Strangers reboot was a pretty impressive feat – proof that the producers want this trilogy to succeed. They’ve also [...]
Garland: Civil War (2024)
Alex Garland’s Civil War isboth the greatest and most underrated American war film since Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty. Interestingly, both films have been [...]