The age of the epic – Late to the Movies
What makes a story big? We often use the term "epic" as shorthand for a film's running time - and, having spent roughly 16 hours watching this month’s films, I can see why - but runtime alone...
Category: Film and movies
Films I’d Never Seen #7 – Amadeus: The Director’s Cut
What would happen if you heard the voice of God, but it came through a vessel you considered unworthy? Not merely unworthy, but vulgar, childish and offensively ordinary. Would you fall to your knees...
“A gore-spattered roller-coaster ride”: Resident Evil review
I really like video games, and I really like movies and TV shows based on video games, and I like it when those adaptations are not contemptuous of gaming. Some film versions take the video game...
5 thought-provoking documentaries to watch during World Alzheimer’s Month that demystify the condition
September every year is World Alzheimer's Month, and World Alzheimer's Day took place yesterday. It's an observance established in 1994 by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Alzheimer's Disease...
Great Adaptations: Jaws on paper and screen
Since starting this column I’ve seen some really great book adaptations, but as a rule of thumb I usually find the books to be (even just marginally) better than their film or TV adaptations. Films...
Leviticus: deadly desire stalks queer teens in this rural Australian horror
Matt Jacobsen, Queen Mary University of London You can imagine being a queer teen in a Christian fundamentalist community in rural Australia is not an easy ride. In his debut feature Leviticus,...
The Master of Suspense: how Alfred Hitchcock changed cinema – Late to the Movies
Last month, I spent some time with the great stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. Clark Gable, Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis reminded me of an era when audiences went to the cinema as much for the...
From Runner to The Fix: 6 new action movies for September 2026
2026 is shaping up to be a truly thrilling cinematic journey for lovers of great stories. We’ve just wrapped up an incredibly exciting August, marked by the tension, scares, and chills of major...
“Frantic, claustrophobic tone”: Dark Blue (2002) review
Kurt Russell’s eyes are wired. Those baby blues are ringed with red, the Disney child paranoid, sweating booze and armed to the teeth. Those jump cuts are making us anxious from the off. We’re...
Great Adaptations: The Zone of Interest on screen
This month over at Five Books For, I’m looking at books that explore the Holocaust from different angles. As living memory recedes, I’ve been thinking about the particular value of literature in...