Lisa G. Black movies, cinema features and reviews

Robin Hardy's iconic nightmare is back for its fiftieth anniversary, reaffirming its status as a singular entry in the horror canon

From classics to cult favourites, our team highlight some of the best one-off screenings and re-releases showing this week in the capital

The fourth film by the British director is a deeply disturbing and suffocating look at complicity, loosely based on Martin Amis' novel

Writer-director Hlynur Pálmason sets out in the tradition of Herzog with this visually rich tale of a priest's ill-fated Icelandic expedition

Though there are a few nice ideas, this follow-up to the surprisingly good 2019 original is bogged down by the genre's worst instincts

Norwegian filmmaker Bent Hamer's bleak but well-crafted look at Rust Belt America is a deadpan delight... until an ill-judged last act

Jesse Eisenberg is brilliantly cast against type in a fascinating, flawed thriller with too many moving parts to do its subject justice

Overrated hack or underrated auteur? Fedor Tot explores the twisty filmmaker's output to mark the release of Knock at the Cabin

Journalist-turned-filmmaker Dina Amer's reckoning with the life of Hasna Aït Boulahcen starts poorly but eventually finds its feet

As another year draws to a close, our writers choose their favourite films, from daring debuts to boundary-breaking blockbusters

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