Wong: Fallen Angels (1995)

August 14, 2023 // 0 Comments

In his first three works set in Hong Kong, it felt as if Wong Kar-wai was moving towards a profoundly ambitious project: to craft a film about people who share experiences [...]

Malle: Alamo Bay (1985)

August 10, 2023 // 0 Comments

Written by Alice Arlen, and directed by Louis Malle, Alamo Bay is a dramatisation of the conflicts that emerged between local fishermen and Vietnamese immigrants in the Gulf [...]

Jewison: Agnes of God (1985)

August 1, 2023 // 0 Comments

Agnes of God is a curious film – part neo-noir mystery, part character study, and part religious contemplation. The screenplay is written by John Pielmeier and based on his [...]

Nolan: Oppenheimer (2023)

July 30, 2023 // 0 Comments

Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer starts by evoking complexity – with the ringlets of rain that form as J. Robert Oppenheimer, played by Cillian Murphy, gazes upon them, [...]

Gerwig: Barbie (2023)

July 28, 2023 // 0 Comments

The Barbenheimer phenomenon seems to have marked a pivot in the way that we think about gender – and it has been driven largely by Barbie. Once upon a time, Oppenheimer [...]