Art House… Movie #32 2023: The Worst Person in the World (2021) 22 May 202322 May 2023 When The Worst Person in the World was released, there was a lot of buzz around it. Not only did lead Renate Reinsve win the Best Actress award at Cannes,…
Awards Season… Movie #35 2022: Drive My Car (2021) 8 Apr 20224 Apr 2022 Drive My Car is a tough one for me to review. There's a lot going on within it... but also seemingly very little? In fact, I'm not entirely sure what…
Art House… Movie #20 2022: Petite Maman (2021) 1 Mar 202219 Feb 2022 Ahhhh, that's better. After a slew of 3 Q films, I've finally come across something exceptional. Of course, I'd expect no less of Céline Sciamma, who completely floored me when…
Cerebral… Movie #216 2021: The Wailing (2016) 6 Nov 20216 Nov 2021 Everyone's obsessed with Squid Game, aren't they? Don't know if you've noticed. I get it: it's pretty good. But something tells me that most of the people who are really…
Art House… Movie #124 2021: Caché (2005) 11 May 20214 May 2021 After an onslaught of big blockbusters and sweet animated movies (with the exception of a little Danish gem), it was time to cleanse my palate with some poncey French filmmaking.…
Drama… Movie #28 2021: Still Walking (2008) 3 Feb 202126 Jan 2021 Here’s the truth: I loved Like Father, Like Son so much that I couldn’t wait to watch another one of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s other films. And so I came to this…
Drama… Movie #174 2020: The Farewell (2019) 27 May 202024 May 2020 Off the back of her radio story What You Don't Know, Lulu Wang brings us its film adaptation, titled The Farewell. Semi-autobiographical in nature, The Farewell is a deep insight…
Drama… Movie #161 2020: Audition (1999) 20 May 20201 Nov 2021 Before going into this, I was under the assumption that it was a horror film. Well, this ain't a horror, this is a weird, psycho-thriller with a horrific ending. Audition…
Cerebral… Movie #159 2020: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) 19 May 202015 May 2020 Theme of the week is trilogies, apparently. Off the back of finishing the trio of movies in the Cornetto Trilogy, I begin with a new one. Aptly named 'The Vengeance…
Coming of Age… Movie #148 2020: Mustang (2015) 13 May 202010 May 2020 MUBI strikes once again. I enjoyed Bacurau so much that I thought I'd give MUBI another chance to impress me with an international movie. And boy, did they succeed. Mustang…
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