Tag: movie review

The problem with ‘Persuasion’ isn’t just its near-heretical take on the Jane Austen classic; it’s that it does it so poorly.

Olivia Newman’s much-ballyhooed adaptation of the 2018 bestseller is a maddeningly generic piece of work.

Claire Denis’ latest isn’t her first movie to deal with infidelity, but her third collaboration with Juliette Binoche still uncovers new ground in the erotic thriller genre.

This Regency rom-com has the expected empire-waist dresses of Austen adaptations, but it misses what makes her work so enduring.

The new horror thriller offers up some striking visuals and compelling themes, but fumbles the execution.

Peter Strickland is a true original – and his latest feature, unsurprisingly odd as it is, may also be his most approachable.

An expansion of a trio of viral shorts is, surprisingly, one of the most profound and introspective films to come out of COVID isolation cinema.

Cooper Raiff’s Sundance sensation betrays its creator’s youth, but it’s a charming, likable movie nonetheless.

Emma Thompson is raw and radiant in the sex-positive crowd-pleaser the movie landscape needs right now.

Adam Sandler’s latest Netflix effort is wildly predictable, but held aloft by the charisma of its players.

David Cronenberg’s latest is a body-horror infused sci-fi film noir more interested in posing questions than answering them.

Chloe Okuno’s unnerving thriller puts the audience in the shoes of a woman being watched — rather than those of her voyeur, as most other films do.