Film review: Silent Friend
Tony Leung’s second non-Chinese film is a beautiful, meditative thesis of change and isolation. It’s not trying to please everyone, but it opens up to…
By Francisco Silva - 3 min read
Film review: Bones and all, The menu
Luca Guadagnino reunites with his Call me by your name star, Timothée Chalamet, for a touching and gory coming-of-age cannibal road movie in Bones and all. Ralph Fiennes faces…
By Francisco Silva - 8 min read
Film review: She said, Millie lies low
In She Said, from Unorthodox director Maria Schrader, Hollywood takes the Spotlight route to atone for the Weinstein scandal; and a little Kiwi indie aims…
By Francisco Silva - 7 min read
Film review: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Chadwick Boseman’s unexpected passing sets the tone for this sequel that struggles to find how it can move past the death of its star. Ryan…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read
Film review: Armageddon Time, Sissy
James Grey triumphantly returns to his childhood neighbourhood with the help of Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong. And in Australia, a small independent…
By Francisco Silva - 7 min read
Film review: The Woman King, Bros
Hollywood steps out of its comfort zone with positive results in two films: The West-African historical epic The Woman King and the first big studio gay romantic…
By Francisco Silva - 7 min read
Film review: Decision to Leave, Black Adam, and ticket giveaway
Park Chan-wook returns with a thrilling noir, while the DC cinematic universe stumbles with a fun but very flawed blockbuster
By Francisco Silva - 8 min read
Film review: Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon, The Night of the 12th
Cult filmmaker Ana Lily Amirpour brings a dark supernatural origin story of a superhero that doesn’t exist. And from France, a slick detective procedural made…
By Francisco Silva - 7 min read
Film review: Don’t Worry Darling, Amsterdam plus ticket giveaway
Harry Styles and Florence Pugh, in of the most talked about and divisive films of the year, go up against a comedy-drama with Christian Bale,…
By Francisco Silva - 7 min read
Film review: On The Count of Three and The Humans
Two films from first-time filmmakers explore the tragic ennui of modern America. On the Count of Three sees his director, Jerrod Carmichael, deal with mental…
By Francisco Silva - 6 min read
Film review: Bodies Bodies Bodies
A24’s new film is a post-modern whodunnit about a group of self-absorbed and privileged millennials. It may feel a bit too niche to the generation…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read