January 2, 2026 Rental Family (2025) Brendan Fraser’s remarkable second act continues with Rental Family, a Tokyo-set dramedy that asks what happens when you hire someone to love you. Or at… READ MORE
January 2, 2026 The Best Films of 2025: What Actually Worked 2025 wasn’t short on films. What it lacked was the kind of cinema that made you want to ring someone afterwards. Or text them at… READ MORE
December 31, 2025 My Brother’s Band (2024) Also known as: The Marching BandOriginal title: En fanfare Emmanuel Courcol’s third feature starts with what sounds like the setup for something mawkish: two brothers,… READ MORE
December 30, 2025 Sentimental Value (2025) Joachim Trier’s sixth film asks a question that sounds simple until you think about it properly: can art repair what life has broken? The Norwegian… READ MORE
December 29, 2025 The Housemaid (2025) Paul Feig’s The Housemaid is something you don’t see much anymore: a domestic thriller that actually remembers what genre means. Not just the trappings, but… READ MORE
December 22, 2025 Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) James Cameron has dragged us back to Pandora for round three, and what we’ve got is a film that seems perpetually at war with itself…. READ MORE
December 19, 2025 The History of Sound (2025) A film that puts its cards on the table from the title onwards ought to be admired for transparency, if nothing else. The History of… READ MORE
December 14, 2025 Wake Up Dead Man: (2025) Rian Johnson sends Benoit Blanc to church this time, which feels either inspired or slightly perverse depending on your tolerance for murder mysteries that want… READ MORE
December 12, 2025 Nuremberg (2025) James Vanderbilt’s psychological thriller drops us into post-war Germany with what appears to be a straightforward assignment: US Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley needs to evaluate… READ MORE
December 11, 2025 Silent Night, Deadly Night (2025) The 1984 Silent Night, Deadly Night managed something genuinely difficult: it made people angry. Not critics, mind you, but actual protesters outside cinemas, demanding the… READ MORE
