07 Aug 2020
Howard review – Disney documentary is one for the fans
This touching tribute to one of Disney's most iconic lyricists has some fascinating insights, but could use more creative spark
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
31 Jul 2020
Make Up review – a profoundly unsettling Cornish chiller
Claire Oakley's superb debut melds ghostly visuals with a very real and stark sense of place, to hypnotic effect
31 Jul 2020
Proxima review – grounded sci-fi gives Eva Green her best role in years
Eva Green shines as a mother heading to Mars in a powerful but patchy look at space-age sexism
27 Jul 2020
The Traitor review – crime doesn’t pay in this handsome mafia epic
Eschewing the typical thrills for a more wordy, philosophical take on the genre, this true-life gangster film backs its brawn with brains
24 Jul 2020
Alice review – a great lead performance can’t save a well-intentioned mess
Emilie Piponnier is terrific as a mother who becomes a high class escort to avoid financial ruin, though the film fails to match her
19 Jul 2020
Come As You Are review – progressive but predictable road trip comedy
A refreshing representation of on screen disability is let down by an otherwise unremarkable and forgettable script
17 Jul 2020
Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles review – animated biopic brings film history to surreal life
Animation blends with documentary footage in this striking but underpowered look at the early career of filmmaker Luis Bunuel
10 Jul 2020
Greyhound review – World War II drama offers old-school thrills
Tom Hanks writes and stars in this brisk and breezy tale of naval heroism as yet another captain charged with a crisis at sea
03 Jul 2020
A White, White Day review – chilly Icelandic drama explores the futility of revenge
This Scandi thriller about a grieving grandfather from writer-director Hlynur Palmason is best when at its most grounded
03 Jul 2020
Lynn + Lucy review – British debut is stingingly insightful
Fyzal Boulifa's drama is a cut above most kitchen-sink debuts and features an outstanding turn from newcomer Roxanne Scrimshaw
29 Jun 2020
Fanny Lye Deliver’d review – trippy ride through a fractured England
Powered by a thrilling anarchist streak, writer-director Thomas Clay's stagy English Civil War drama is by turns frustrating and fascinating
20 Jun 2020
On a Magical Night review – raunchy, shallow riff on A Christmas Carol
The ghosts of lovers past, present, and future visit a woman during a midlife crisis in this forgettable drama from Christophe Honoré