29 May 2020
Stream Holidays: Eight Great Films About Trips to Spain
A bereaved father on a pilgrimage to Galicia, lost lovers reunite in Barcelona, a young woman is liberated in Almería... here's our film guide for the armchair traveller
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
29 May 2020
10 of the best… cult escape films
Brainwashing, Satanic rituals, and lots of weird chanting: here we highlight our top picks from the world of cult escape films...
22 May 2020
Take Me Somewhere Nice review – strange and stylised trip through Bosnia
Ena Sendijarević's impressive debut follows a teenager on a transformative trip through Bosnia in a bid to meet her dying father
22 May 2020
The Lovebirds review – shouty murder-mystery settles for generic
Despite the efforts of its leads, Michael Showater's follow-up to The Big Sick falls victim to a slapdash story and familiar beats
21 May 2020
10 of the best… road movies of the 2010s
In cinema, the open road is packed with endless possibilities and diversions: here we highlight our top picks from the last ten years...
21 May 2020
Killing Time: Youth and Restlessness in the Films of Eliza Hittman
With the arrival of Never Rarely Sometimes Always, we explore the filmmaker's uniquely woozy and melancholy teen portraits
15 May 2020
Ranking the Mad Max Films from Worst to Best
As Mad Max: Fury Road turns five this week, we look back at George Miller's barmy apocalypse franchise to ask... which one's the best?
15 May 2020
Never Rarely Sometimes Always review – perfectly judged abortion drama
Writer-director Eliza Hittman's third feature is a tense and timely drama about US abortion rights - and her best film yet
14 May 2020
Break Free With These Underrated & Underseen Prison Escape Films
Forget Shawshank: we highlight some lesser known prison escape films, either forgotten or unfairly savaged by the critics
11 May 2020
Romantic Comedy review – love letter to a fading genre
Elizabeth Sankey's warts-and-all deep dive into her favourite film genre offers fair analysis and accessible insight
04 May 2020
Alex Garland: A Film-By-Film Guide to the Devs Director
As the novelist-turned-filmmaker makes his TV debut with tech thriller Devs, we look back at his fascinating filmography so far
01 May 2020
Ema review – hypnotic psychosexual drama from Chile
Mariana Di Girolamo gives a mesmerising performance in Pablo Larraín's weird and enigmatic story of an adoption gone wrong