Richard Linklater’s latest film, and his first for Netflix, is a loose adaptation of the life of Gary Johnson, played here by Glenn Powell, who came to the public’s [...]
For my money, Richard LaGravenese’s A Family Affair, which has been roundly pilloried by critics, is the most underrated film of 2024 so far. On the face of it, Carrie [...]
Challengers may well come to be seen as one of the most significant moments in a growing movement to relibidinse cinema again now that the stranglehold of Marvel has passed. [...]
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer’s fourth film, may be the most terrifying vision of the Holocaust that I have seen on the big screen. For the most part, films treat [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]