Editor's Choice reviews Top Picks REVIEW | Birds Of Passage (2019) Derek Armstrong / 11:50 / 09.10.19 While Birds of Passage is highly specific, its perspective can be applied to the rampant destruction wrought by colonialism anywhere in the world.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | All Is True (2019) Derek Armstrong / 13:26 / 24.05.19 In All Is True, Kenneth Branagh plays Shakespeare for the first time in a career distinguished by adaptations of the playwright’s work.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Long Shot (2019) Derek Armstrong / 14:42 / 06.05.19 When the message becomes untethered from a kind of realism that might help us put it to practical use, Long Shot has low odds of success indeed.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Us (2019) John Roebuck / 12:25 / 28.03.19 Us understands that the best points are made indirectly but then paradoxically engages with its point too directly for them to be well made.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2019) Derek Armstrong / 10:31 / 25.03.19 Even a strong central performance from Adam Driver can't save the mess that is Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | Hotel Mumbai (2019) Derek Armstrong / 18:08 / 17.03.19 The new film Hotel Mumbai features only a single American character, played by Armie Hammer, which makes it a radical venture from risk averse financiers.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | The House That Jack Built (2019) Derek Armstrong / 10:06 / 05.03.19 As The House That Jack Built approaches its conclusion, it crosses a line from realism into surrealism that makes it more watchable.
podcasts The ReelGood Podcast THE REELGOOD PODCAST | Capharnaum Hernando Cathedral / 18:24 / 19.02.19 They laughed, Blakey cried (as usual) and, obviously, they made insightful comments about Nadine Labaki's new film, Capharnaum.
Editor's Choice reviews All Reviews REVIEW | If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) Derek Armstrong / 11:57 / 18.02.19 Awards are, of course, hardly indicative of quality, and If Beale Street Could Talk’s other indicators are off the charts.