01 Nov 2022
Starter Pack: A Guide to Noirvember
As the month-long celebration kicks off again, Steph Green offers a pathway into the most morally murky of all movie genres...
Articles by Steph Green
20 Oct 2022
She Said review – impactful, unfrilly storytelling about Weinstein’s fall from grace
Maria Schrader's powerfully-acted film shows how journalistic integrity and female solidarity sparked a global movement
14 Oct 2022
Emily review – half-biopic does a disservice to the Brontë sisters
Emma Mackey gives a committed turn as the Wuthering Heights author, but it's not enough to save Frances O’Connor's dour film
09 Oct 2022
The Wonder review – Lelio’s intriguing drama is too slight to be truly spiritual
Florence Pugh is a 19th century nurse called to investigate a strange happening in a film packed with interesting details but little payoff
26 Sep 2022
Blue Jean review – a smart drama about sapphic love under Section 28
Georgia Oakley’s assured and morally complex debut tells the story of a queer teacher living in Thatcher's Britain
13 Sep 2022
Saint Omer review – a riveting courtroom drama of multi-layered intensity
Alice Diop's first narrative feature is a heart-stopping moral puzzle, featuring an extraordinary turn from newcomer Kayije Kagame
08 Sep 2022
Every David Cronenberg Film, Ranked
To mark the release of Crimes of the Future, Steph Green sorts the body-obsessed auteur's vast filmography from worst to best...
03 Sep 2022
Master Gardener review – Schrader’s horticulturist thriller is stylish but culturally crude
Joel Edgerton stars in the writer-director's third "man in a room" movie in a row, a character study that equally confounds and absorbs
02 Sep 2022
Bones and All review – tendon is the night in Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal romance
Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell play a hungry couple in a sweet, sinister road movie about the all-consuming nature of love
01 Sep 2022
Tár review – a stratospheric star vehicle for Cate Blanchett
The actress gives one of her greatest performances in Todd Field's spiky story of a celebrated composer whose life begins to unravel
18 Aug 2022
Free Chol Soo Lee review – impassioned outcry against racial bias and prison cruelty
Directors Julie Ha and Eugene Yi's sensitive documentary tells the story of a Korean man wrongly convicted of a gangland killing
10 Aug 2022
Eiffel review – nonsensical biopic propped up by a fiery amour fou
Chemistry between Romain Duris and Emma Mackey just about saves an otherwise ludicrous attempt in historical revisionism