03 Jun 2023
Amanda review – hints of Lanthimos in sharply funny Italian debut
Carolina Cavalli's film about a friendless young woman brilliantly captures the anxiety and social ineptitude of the post-COVID youth
Articles by Jack Blackwell
Favourite films: Apocalypse Now, The Social Network, No Country For Old Men
Favourite actors: Florence Pugh, Timothée Chalamet, Willem Dafoe
Favourite filmmakers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan
02 Jun 2023
Carmen review – loose opera adaptation runs out of ideas all too swiftly
Benjamin Millepied's debut film gets some heat out of Paul Mescal and Melissa Barrera but feels like an over-extended music video
27 May 2023
Hypnotic review review – slice of Nolan-esque hokum is too twisty for its own good
Robert Rodriguez's diverting but hollow latest starts at "super-hypnotists who rob banks" and only gets more ludicrous from there
26 May 2023
The Little Mermaid review – watery remake is an artless deluge of corporate sludge
Lacking the magic or beauty of the original while interminably expanding the runtime, Rob Marshall's redo is a punishing watch
19 May 2023
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret review – lovably bouncy adaptation of an iconic novel
Kelly Fremon Craig's take on the '70s coming-of-age classic strikes an unerring balance between laughs, giddiness, and poignancy
19 May 2023
Fast X review – a relentless, ludicrous, and eventually exhausting tenth instalment
Though Jason Momoa makes for an excellent villain, this latest chapter winds up as mostly empty and unsatisfying bombast
13 May 2023
Dead Shot review – thinly sketched but propulsive Troubles-set revenge story
The Guard brothers' '70s-set second feature uses the styles of the decade to set itself apart from the Brit-thriller pack
11 May 2023
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie review – a touching and fittingly frenetic biography
This documentary is inevitably filled with sadness, but also packed with laughs in the company of one of Hollywood's funniest actors
05 May 2023
The Blue Caftan review – carefully moving but low-energy Moroccan drama
Maryam Touzani's film is a slow, methodical thing, at its best when highlighting the specifics of an unorthodox relationship
30 Apr 2023
Little Richard: I Am Everything review – admirable reckoning with an immense musical legacy
Lisa Cortes's documentary paints an impressively complete picture of its remarkable subject, but lacks his magisterial creative verve
30 Apr 2023
Peter Pan & Wendy review – serviceable but just a bit pointless retread of a classic
David Lowery brings his earthy sensibilities to another remake in a muddled but thematically interesting swashbuckling adventure
28 Apr 2023
Young Soul Rebels review – story of a young, Black, queer London still feels revolutionary
Though the acting and plotting have not aged well, this is still a fascinating time capsule, balancing nostalgia with progressivism