Film and Television September 5 (review) – a well-crafted film that leaves a sour taste by Calum Cooper 6th February 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Substance (2024) – Calum Cooper on Coralie Fargeat’s squirm-inducing masterpiece by Calum Cooper 4th February 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television The Brutalist (review) – blistering, soulful and utterly engrossing by Calum Cooper 23rd January 2025
Film and Television Emmanuelle (review) – a snoozefest rather than a sensation by Calum Cooper 17th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance A Complete Unknown (review) – engaging, elegant and alluring yet somewhat pedestrian by Calum Cooper 12th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television A Real Pain (review) – a life-affirming road trip that will leave many teary-eyed by Calum Cooper 8th January 2025
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Rewind Spirited Away (2001) – a canvas of colours, creativity and compassion that inspires and mesmerises by Calum Cooper 30th December 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television Nosferatu (review) – Eggers’ chilling film somewhat cowers in the presence of its predecessor by Calum Cooper 23rd December 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Arts Festivals·Film and Television Conclave (BFI London Film Festival) review – Berger turns a mundane religious ritual into a hypnotic game of power by Calum Cooper 28th November 2024
Editors' Choice·Film and Television·Music and Dance Wicked (review) – entertaining and occasionally mesmerising despite too much narrative padding by Calum Cooper 20th November 2024
1 Stolen Memories (BFI London Film Festival) review: Davidsen’s film isn’t afraid to tackle knotty discussions on the reliability of memory
2 Ketticè (BFI London Film Festival) review: Tortorici’s film rejects all rules and forges its own path, just like the teens it follows
3 Franz & Marie (review): Howard and Oakley’s poignant tragedy comes to life through folk music and performance
4 Elsinore (BFI London Film Festival) review: Scott’s powerful performance drives Stone’s exquisite story of Charleson’s Hamlet
5 The Social Reckoning (review): Sorkin’s film is rightfully furious about where we are and where we’re going, but it lacks dramatic punch
6 The Devil Is in Me (BFI London Film Festival) review – Salisbury’s timeless exploration of teenage rebellion is wickedly sharp
7 Bundle (BFI London Film Festival) review – a young man’s world collapses into a suffocating nightmare of no escape in Milillo’s powerful short
8 The Last Snow (BFI London Film Festival) review – a masterclass in using light, colour, and shadow to create nail-biting moments of terror
9 The Last Ship (review) – the vast stage is filled not only by the ship itself, but by the voices of the people who built it
10 A new exhibition exploring the design and production of LAIKA’s new stop-motion film Wildwood opens at the Design Museum this October
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