reviews All Reviews REVIEW | The Wizard of the Kremlin (2026) Derek Armstrong / 10:25 / 23.07.26 Olivier Assayas' look at modern Russia and the power brokers behind Vladimir Putin lacks the satirical punch it should have.
reviews All Reviews OSCARS PREP | American Fiction (2023) Derek Armstrong / 9:59 / 06.03.24 We review the final of the ten nominees for best picture at this year's Oscars, which will be held on Labour Day.
Editor's Choice reviews Top Picks REVIEW | Asteroid City (2023) Derek Armstrong / 11:14 / 14.08.23 Wes Anderson's latest is a supremely enjoyable mix of whimsical and challenging.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | The Batman (2022) Derek Armstrong / 10:17 / 08.03.22 The latest reboot of Batman by Matt Reeves is a high on quality, but low on reasons for its existence.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | The French Dispatch (2021) Derek Armstrong / 9:39 / 13.12.21 Wes Anderson has assembled his usual collaborators to make the Wes Anderson film that has finally broken us.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | No Time to Die (2021) Derek Armstrong / 14:50 / 18.11.21 Daniel Craig gives us his swan song as James Bond, the role he has been playing for the past 15 years, in a satisfying sendoff.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | All Day and a Night (2020) Derek Armstrong / 12:46 / 05.05.20 The co-writer of Black Panther brings us an Oakland street story that meanders too much for its own good.
reviews All Reviews REVIEW | The Laundromat (2019) Derek Armstrong / 11:42 / 04.11.19 In Soderbergh’s own body of work, The Laundromat most closely resembles something like Contagion, though with a lot more lightness and sense of humour.
articles Trailers: Westworld John Roebuck / 10:37 / 11.08.15 How the West was won The original 1973 adaptation of Michael Crichton's Westworld is a blip in our film watching