Lisa Ovies 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

The actor is on excellent form as the unsung 18th century virtuoso, but director Stephen Williams' uneven film can't quite keep time

Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman are brilliantly cast in Todd Haynes' acid-tongued take on the real life Mary Kay Letourneau

The new nightmare from the Midsommar director is alternatively intense, chilling, and anxious, though is let down by a laggy middle

Adam Solomons talks to the Ukrainian director about his Cannes hit and how even a non-political film can be bastardised by war

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

Sierra Pettengill explores the history of police violence to counter civil unrest, probing the status of images as material memories

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

Mehran Tamadon asks former political prisoners to restage the conditions of their incarceration in a strange, morally murky film

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