07 Nov 2022
Watcher review – slick and unsettling Rear Window redo
Maika Monroe excels as an actress in Bucharest who suspects she's being followed in a gripping but somewhat too familiar thriller
Articles by Tom Barnard
Favourite films: Jaws, Children of Men, Lost in Translation
Favourite actors: Harrison Ford, Nicole Kidman, Robert Pattinson
Favourite filmmakers: Sergio Leone, Hayao Miyazaki, Alex Garland
07 Nov 2022
Nil by Mouth review – Gary Oldman’s gritty drama is like Ken Loach on coke
The great actor's sole directorial credit, re-released for its 25th anniversary, offers a bleak, uncompromising vision of 90s Britain
05 Oct 2022
Matilda review – Emma Thompson is miraculous in a vibrant, inventive adaptation
This film version of the acclaimed Roald Dahl show successfully taps into what makes Tim Minchin and Dennis Kelly's stage version sing
30 Sep 2022
Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris review – Lesley Manville will charm your socks off
The British actor is irresistible as a chirpy housekeeper on a mission to buy a Dior dress, in a film that warms like a nice cup of tea
23 Sep 2022
Avatar review – spectacular visuals undone by a slight and sappy story
James Cameron's epic blockbuster, the highest-grossing movie ever, is back in theatres to drum up anticipation for the sequel
23 Sep 2022
Ticket to Paradise review – rom-com revival is an all-too familiar trip
George Clooney and Julia Roberts thrive as bickering divorcees, but they're let down by a script that can't match their chemistry
09 Sep 2022
The Banshees of Inisherin review – a very melancholy comedy from Martin McDonagh
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite for a sad tale about two men whose soured friendship leads them towards terrible things
08 Sep 2022
Blonde review – Andrew Dominik imagines Marilyn Monroe’s life as a gauntlet of misery
Ana de Armas is well-cast as the Hollywood icon in the Australian director's beautifully made but repetitive and exhausting film
06 Sep 2022
Dead for a Dollar review – Walter Hill’s empty homage to Sergio Leone
Christoph Waltz and Willem Dafoe co-star in a mostly shoddy western pastiche that lacks craft and compelling characters
06 Sep 2022
The Eternal Daughter review – Tilda Swinton doubles up in an eerie, masterful meta-meditation
Joanna Hogg's self-reflective study of the known and the unknown perfectly blends her sensibility with that of a haunting ghost story
06 Sep 2022
The Whale review – Brendan Fraser elevates Aronofsky’s tender black comedy
The actor does fine work in this adaptation, bringing humanity and humour to the story of an obese man in the throes of grief
06 Sep 2022
Don’t Worry Darling review – Olivia Wilde’s retro mystery is something to fret over
The director's second film, thinly-drawn and repetitive, stars Florence Pugh as a woman trapped in an idyllic 1950s community