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Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga lean in to kiss in 'Joker: Folie a Deux' (2024).

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024) Review

Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)Director: Todd PhillipsScreenwriters: Scott Silver, Todd PhillipsStarring: Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga, Brendan Gleeson, Harry Lawtey, Bill Smitrovich, Catherine Keener The Cult of Joker was one of 2019’s most significant developments both within the art of cinema and the industry of theatrical exhibition. Awards bodies adjudged the film to be close to […]

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Colman Domingo, wearing gold glasses and staring directly into camera in the film 'Sing Sing'.

Sing Sing (2024) Review

Sing Sing (2024)Director: Greg KwedarScreenwriters: Clint Bentley, Greg KwedarStarring: Colman Domingo, Clarence Maclin, Sean San Jose, Paul Raci, David Giraudy, Patrick Griffin, Mosi Eagle, James Williams, Sean Dino Johnson We’ve seen a lot of art about art recently. Some of it has been used to express contemporary concerns on the future of all art in

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Josh Hartnett and Ariel Donoghue at a music concert, the lights on their phone lighting up the dark.

Trap (2024) Review

Trap (2024)Director: M. Night ShyamalanScreenwriter: M. Night ShyamalanStarring: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, Alison Pill, Hayley Mills, Jonathan Langdon M. Night Shyamalan is, in many ways, the archetypal 21st Century studio auteur. His work is largely concept driven – centred around the type of ideas marketers and executives can rest assured their money is

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Watch the Lights (2024) Review

Watch the Lights (2024) Review

Watch the Lights (2024)Director: Alex Ayre Everyone can relate to the journey of the dreamer, the conqueror, and the artist – to those with an extraordinary dedication to expression, both of the self and towards others. We can all see ourselves in the heroes that fall and get back up again, and we are each

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The Iron Claw (2023) Review

The Iron Claw (2023) Review

The Iron Claw (2023)Director: Sean DurkinScreenwriter: Sean DurkinStarring: Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Stanley Simons, Holt McCallany, Maura Tierney, Lily James The latest film from Sean Durkin, the respected writer-director behind The Nest, begins with close-up shots of lead actor Zac Efron’s bulging body getting out of bed. Efron’s skin is so tightly

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The Zone of Interest (2023) Review

The Zone of Interest (2023) Review

The Zone of Interest (2023)Director: Jonathan GlazerScreenwriter: Jonathan GlazerStarring: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller Are you sitting comfortably? Good. You ought to be. You’re reading this on a machine that uses rare materials mined by children, on internet you access through a system of wiring that deteriorates ecosystems, in a space that would once act as

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Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Review

Anatomy of a Fall (2023) Review

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)Director: Justine TrietScreenwriters: Justine Triet, Arthur HarariStarring: Sandra Hüller, Samuel Theis, Milo Machado Graner, Swann Arlaud, Antoine Reinartz Justine Triet unfolds entrenched systemic misogyny in her Oscar-nominated courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall, a pointed and wordy multilingual picture that features one of the great performances of 2023. French director and

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Tár (2022) Review

Tár (2022) Review

Tár (2022)Director: Todd FieldScreenwriter: Todd FieldStarring: Cate Blanchett, Noémie Merlant, Nina Hoss, Sophie Kauer, Mark Strong There is something of a European sensibility to Todd Field’s long-awaited return to the director’s chair, Tár (2022); a hint of Ruben Östlund in its tightly weaved story elements and profound use of epilogue, a touch of Thomas Vinterburg

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Jackass Forever (2022) Review

Jackass Forever (2022) Review

Jackass Forever (2022) Director: Jeff Tremaine Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Preston Lacy, Dave England, Ehren McGehey, Jason “Wee Man” Acuña, Spike Jonze We go to the movies to see things we’ve never seen before, to be taken to exotic locations we can’t even imagine visiting on holiday, to escape the drab or even

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