“All happy families are alike,” the famous first line of Anna Karenina tells us. “But each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.” The
Category: Films
Satu – Year of the Rabbit review – scene-stealing runaways on picturesque road trip across Laos
This debut feature from Welsh director Joshua Trigg exudes an unassuming virtuousness from every pore, thanks in no small part to a dignified performance from
American Dreamer review – Peter Dinklage is charmer in oddball tale of eccentric inheritance
This low-key oddity has the potential for some proper horsepower given the odd but intriguing casting of Peter Dinklage and Shirley MacLaine, but it never
‘I contemplated the unthinkable’: Karla Sofía Gascón speaks out about ‘overwhelmingly painful’ Oscars season
Karla Sofía Gascón, the first out trans actor to be nominated for an Oscar, whose hopes of winning were dashed after offensive social media posts
The Wonder Way review – artists grapple with the outdoors in study of beautiful chaos
This dense yet maddingly diffuse work by Swiss documentary maker Emmanuelle Antille starts with the director reflecting on her late grandmother’s intense devotion to her
‘Keeps me optimistic’: why You’ve Got Mail is my feelgood movie
There’s a montage in the opening of You’ve Got Mail that is so sentimentally sweet that it feels like the cinematic equivalent of a pumpkin
Don’t Turn Out the Lights review – party-animal horror turns into backwoods road trip to hell
If the ritualistic nature of horror means higher tolerance for cliche in the genre, director Andy Fickman runs with that in this brash but increasingly
Twins! Rivals! Clones! Hollywood is doubling down on dual roles
For years, dual roles have been played largely for laughs. Think of Adam Sandler’s Razzie-sweeping twin turn in Jack and Jill, or Lisa Kudrow as
Kamay review – searing story of Afghan Hazara family’s painful quest for justice
Living in the remote, mountainous Daikundi province in central Afghanistan, the Khawari family is part of the Hazara community, one of the most persecuted ethnic
The Accountant 2 review – Ben Affleck’s autistic assassin returns for solid sequel
Ben Affleck may have given up Batman, but he’s not done with superheroes. In the 2016 film The Accountant, Affleck played Christian Wolff, one of