Unusually arriving before the BAFTA nominations (we’ll see how those shake out next week), the nominations for the pinnacle prize of Awards Season have finally been announced. In what has been a fairly steady and predictable season so far, there aren’t too many major snubs or surprises that haven’t been alluded to in the precursors;…
Reuniting with his Worst Person in the World star, Renate Reinsve, Joachim Trier returns with a delicate yet raw portrait of family dynamics that serves as a reminder than within each family unit, every individual is also a world unto themselves. We meet Nora (Renate Reinsve), an actress, and her sister, Agnes (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas), as their…
And so, the second film post-Safdie separation arrives with Josh Safdie taking a very different swing at a sports-based film. Its breathless praise has nothing on how you feel by the time the credits role. Set in the 1950s and loosely inspired by a real person, Marty Supreme is Marty Mauser (Timothée Chalamet), a man…
Song Sung Blue arrives with star power and an inspirational true story, but don’t be fooled by the feel-good marketing, this is a story that completely pulls the rug out from under you with many dark turns that would be unbelievable had they not actually happened. It will plaster a smile to your face but…
The cinematic resurrection of another long-lost genre has arrived: the starry airport-thriller adaptation. The Housemaid mostly delivers the kind of throwaway entertainment you want, but doesn’t become quite as fun as it could be until its final act. We meet Millie (Sydney Sweeney), a young woman living in her car, as she arrives at the…
