Eraserhead and the Lady in the Radiator
In our tribute to the works and worlds of David Lynch, David Jenkins reflects on his most spiritual film.
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By the Stream review – burrows under your skin
Korean director Hong Sang-soo returns with this playful study of creation, performance and why films don’t need audiences to be successful.
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Here review – a forgiving and open mind is required for this one
This conceptually-intriguing folly sees Robert Zemeckis reteaming with Tom Hanks for an effects-driven everyman tale that never gets off the ground.
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Emmanuelle review – anticlimactic and unerotic
Audrey Diwan’s cold take on the infamous erotic softcore French novel leaves a bit too much to be desired.
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Architecton review – taps into the short-order nature of modern construction
Viktor Kossakovsky takes us on a journey through the concrete and stone that makes up much of our modern world.
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The Girl With The Needle review – politically pertinent Gothic horror story
Magnus von Horn brings subtlety and empathy to the serial killer genre in this extraordinary true-life yarn.
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Mufasa: The Lion King review – let down by weak script and songs
A rousing, noble misstep from Barry Jenkins, in which the paw-print of this great filmmaker is too light to make out.
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Juror #2 review – one of Clint Eastwood’s finest late-era films
Clint Eastwood’s 40th film offers a morally complex riff on the tried-and-tested courtroom drama which culminates in a killer final shot.
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Megalopolis review – scintillating, absurd and violently original
Ignore the haters – this is the kaleidoscopic, enriching, Wellsian vision of a grand old master with nothing to lose.
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On Falling – first-look review
The dire lot of a low paid factory worker is the subject of this rigorous if hardly revelatory character study from debut director Laura Carreira.
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