27 Jun 2022
Elvis review – exhausting and inspired biopic is Baz Luhrmann to the max
Austin Butler and Tom Hanks star in an overwhelming and energetic reimagining of the life of a defining musical legend
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
23 Jun 2022
Cannon Arm and the Arcade Quest review – endearing portrait of video game obsession
This Danish documentary from Mads Hedegaard owes a debt to King of Kong but thrives as an exploration of loveable outsiders
20 Jun 2022
Lightyear review – middling Toy Story spin-off gets lost in space and time
Chris Evans takes over as the iconic Space Ranger in a repetitive Pixar spin-off that can't help but feel like a step backwards
10 Jun 2022
Jurassic World Dominion review – time to let this monstrous franchise go extinct
The sixth and depressingly uninspired entry in the long-running dino series feels like it was directed by a sentient movie studio
10 Jun 2022
Every Jurassic Park Film, Ranked
With the final Jurassic Park movie now in theatres, we look back on the thirty year franchise to crown the king of the dinosaurs...
31 May 2022
Decision to Leave review – a lethargic disappointment from a Korean master
Park Chan-wook spins a frustrating, borderline incomprehensible Hitchcock-like noir about a detective and a mysterious widow
29 May 2022
Cannes 2022: Triangle of Sadness Wins the Palme d’Or
Director Ruben Östlund, who already claimed the award in 2017 for The Square, has won the top prize for another outrageous satire
29 May 2022
Between Two Worlds review – watchable but questionable gig economy drama
Juliette Binoche leads a well-acted social realist drama in the Ken Loach vein, but it's hard to get away from its ethical implications
26 May 2022
The Stars at Noon review – a sweltering love story spoiled by zero chemistry
Revered French filmmaker Claire Denis delivers a baffling and unerotic adaptation starring Margaret Qualley and Joe Alwyn
26 May 2022
Crimes of the Future review – David Cronenberg dissects a future of sex and surgery
The director returns to the realms of body horror with this strange and oddly sexy vision of a world defined by bodily transformation
24 May 2022
Men review – Alex Garland’s folk horror is an anti-masculine misfire
Jessie Buckley stars as a tortured woman plagued by multiple Rory Kinnears in a film that's just too allegorical for its own good
22 May 2022
Triangle of Sadness review – often uproarious but heavy-handed satire
Ruben Östlund's outrageous follow-up to The Square is undeniably entertaining, but its ideas about wealth feel shallow and obvious