Jojo Rabbit – growing up with the Hitler Youth
How one smart kid made the case against Enid Blyton
Rocketman: when so much Elton John is almost enough.
With “The Irishman”, Martin Scorsese has drawn a line under American/Italian gangster films.
Goodbye Christopher Robin. Seems we won’t get to know you any better.
Film Review: “The Post” so many big issues, so little time
Darkest Hour: Treading the fine line between myth and reality
Lady Bird: One big cliche, well-acted, well-written but still just a cliche
How do you make “The Death of Stalin” funny?
Summer of 1993 is a film worth watching carefully
BlacKkKlansman: A slightly funny and very scary film also well worth seeing
Vice, the Dick Cheney biopic, exposes, once again, the fragility of the US democratic system.
The Favourite: Poor old Queen Anne, not much fun being Queen
Mary Queen of Scots: too much for the big screen
A Quiet Passion and The Importance of being Emily
Dunkirk: the last time that Britain got out of Europe
Goodbye Christopher Robin. Seems we won’t get to know you any better
Rogue One: Just an intergalactic potboiler
Film review: Gravity (or lack thereof)
The Dressmaker: black comedy, revenge play, western and a lot of fun
The Beautiful but rather implausible Lie
Review of Peppa Pig’s Australian Holiday by Winton Haslett
Luc Bresson, Leon the professional and moral ambiguity
Carol, Anna Karenina and Smoking Lesbians
The Belier Family: extremely feelgood.
Mr Turner, Timothy Spall and the nuanced grunt.
La Femme Nikita and the Pygmalion myth
The Grand Budapest Hotel: Frames and perspectives
The novel as confessional: Did Chris Womersley steal The Weeping Woman?
Harry Brown: A journey back into darkness
Great Expectations of An Invisible Woman
Philomena and the art of cinematic propaganda
The Desolation of Smaug – too little butter, too much bread
The Battle of the Five Armies: that’s all for now folks
Film review: Gravity (or lack thereof)
Is Monuments Men a genre parody?
The use of self-reference in A Great Beauty
How to write a film review: Notes for beginners
The Book Thief: a modern fairy tale for adults
Turning books and films: The case of Great Expectations
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Inside, Outside, Upside Down: Llewyn Davies
Mystery Road – a great Australian film
Shakespeare in Love – a minor masterpiece.
The structure of Ali Smith’s “How to Be Both”
Allied: a sombre but self-conscious film
