April 22, 2026 All That’s Left of You (2025) Some films document history. Others make you feel it sitting on your chest. Cherien Dabis’s All That’s Left of You is, in my view, firmly… READ MORE Comments: 0
April 11, 2026 The Drama (2026) There is a particular kind of dread that settles over a dinner party when someone says something they cannot take back. Not a shouted accusation… READ MORE Comments: 0
April 8, 2026 The President’s Cake (2025) There is a particular kind of cruelty that arrives not as violence but as paperwork. A nine-year-old girl is assigned to bake a birthday cake… READ MORE Comments: 0
April 7, 2026 I Swear (2025) Making a film about Tourette Syndrome takes a particular kind of nerve. Get it wrong and you have either tragedy-porn or a condition played for… READ MORE Comments: 0
April 3, 2026 Project Hail Mary (2026) Let me say upfront that I went into this one with mildly lowered expectations. Big-budget science fiction adapted from a brilliant novel, directed by the… READ MORE Comments: 0
March 31, 2026 Sirât (2025) In Islamic scripture, the sirāt is a bridge connecting this world to the next — thinner than a hair, sharper than a blade, hotter than… READ MORE Comments: 0
February 28, 2026 The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) There is something genuinely admirable about a film that refuses to make faith legible to sceptics. Mona Fastvold’s sweeping historical musical drama takes as its… READ MORE
February 20, 2026 Wuthering Heights (2026) Adapting Wuthering Heights is, at this point, something of a cottage industry. We have had brooding Oliviers, rain-soaked moors, and at least one version that… READ MORE
February 19, 2026 Crime 101 (2026) There is a particular kind of film that knows exactly what it is and makes no apology for it. Bart Layton’s Crime 101 — adapted… READ MORE
February 15, 2026 We Bury the Dead (2026) Note: technically, this movie was first released in 2024 for its World Premier at the Adelaide Film Festival. However, the global release of the film… READ MORE