Films that undermine expectations in strategic ways are frequently a lot of fun, especially when audience members are able to feel that little bit superior
Category: Film review
Film review – Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
In 1969 an extraordinary music festival took place. It occurred over six Sundays in Harlem, New York City, it was produced and MCed by an
Film review – The Sparks Brothers (2021)
Everything about the band Sparks seems like a contradiction. They are a hugely influential pop and rock duo and yet have been overlooked and underrated
Film review – Cousins (2021)
Bonds of family, kinship and identity resonate in Cousins, a New Zealand film about three Māori women who briefly knew each other as children, before
Film review – Cruella (2021)
There is something slightly alarming about watching the early scenes of Cruella and realising just how much 12-year-old Estella (Tipper Seifert-Cleveland) is a sympathetic and
Film review – First Cow (2019)
The films of independent US filmmaker Kelly Reichardt are often discussed for their minimalism and realism, but one of the elements that most defines her
