Films I’d Never Seen #1: All That Jazz
Stanley Kubrick called All That Jazz “the best film I think I’ve ever seen” and on first viewing it’s hard not to get swept away with the tumultuous bombast of Bob Fosse’s...
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“Deeply frustrating and disturbing… and infinitely watchable”: Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders and A Deadly American Marriage
When it comes to true crime stories on Netflix, recent additions of Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders and A Deadly American Marriage both stood out to me recently, because they did something that few...
The Salt Path taps into a long history of searching for healing on England’s south-west coast
Lena Ferriday, King's College London Moth Winn was diagnosed with a terminal illness at the age of 53 and in the same week he and his wife, Raynor, lost their home. As the bailiffs arrived, the...
The best TV and streaming premieres: June 2025
The list of premieres and series returning in June 2025 is here and there are plenty of surprises you won't want to miss. June is shaping up to be a busy period for streaming services and TV...
“Artists are complicated”: S/He is Still Her/e – The Official Genesis P-Orridge Documentary review
Even if you’re not familiar with the experimental art/music groups Throbbing Gristle or Psychic TV, the synopsis for David Charles Rodrigues’s S/He is Still Her/e - The Official Genesis P-Orridge...
“A carousel of an experience and a terrific work of art”: Sinners review
What if the most horrifying day of your life turns out to also be the best day of your life? Of all of the ideas that Ryan Coogler’s brilliant Sinners touches on - and trust me, there are a lot of...
“A visual spectacle, skillfully crafted throughout”: The Last of Us season 2 review
The first season of The Last of Us, created by Neil Druckmann (creative director of the video game), and Craig Mazin (screenwriter and producer of the equally apocalyptic Chernobyl), was a superb...
Great Adaptations: Ready Player One on film
Few sci-fi stories feel more relevant today than Ready Player One. Ernest Cline’s nostalgia-drenched novel and Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster adaptation of it offer a vivid vision of a...
7 endearing animated films to celebrate International Day of Families
The International Day of Families, celebrated annually on May 15, is a day designated by the United Nations to raise awareness of the role of families in society and promote understanding of global...
“More films like Black Bag will birth more directors who are capable of making films like Black Bag”: Black Bag Review
Steven Soderbergh’s latest effort, Black Bag (2025) is something of a throwback. It’s an original story (read: not part of some comic book franchise) and though it is genre, it’s neither horror...