politics
Despite its worn-out political commentary, The King is a quietly revolutionary music documentary.
To watch Chappaquiddick and then ponder the life of Ted Kennedy in such a manner undoubtedly must lead to introspection.
Afghan Cycles is a true and authentic journey, filled with moments of pure happiness and heartbreaking sadness.
With the world getting stranger and scarier by the day, Glossary Of Broken Dreams could have been a useful resource — a helpful primer when current events appear to be beyond comprehension. But it is not that documentary.
The 1975 sci-fi Rollerball depicts a world run by a global corporate state that has eradicated war, famine and disease – and yet, it can’t help but feel prescient in the era of Trump, Mark Zuckerberg and Cambridge Analytica.
Redoutable is an irreverent take on the biopic that gleefully flips the bird at its subject, and takes delight in making him conform to a conventional narrative of the type he grew to detest leading to some of the finest moments of cringe comedy in recent memory.
Samuel Maoz’s Foxtrot toys with our emotions, but that doesn’t mean it lacks any of its own. This is an energetic and structurally audacious jukebox of sensations, prioritising impulse over precision and thought over action.
After years as a struggling actress, Ana Asensio decided to try get her own project off the ground. A year after it’s SXSW premiere, and her film, MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, has endured a wave of acclaim. She spoke to Andrew Winter about the process of producing, directing and starring in the film.
In The Final Year, current events turn what might have been a good if slightly unremarkable documentary into a powerful work of nostalgia and mourning.
Extensive research has been undertaken to produce this documentary, The Politics of Hate, on the re-emergence of the far right. Unfortunately, nothing within feels revelatory if you’ve seen the news in the last two years.
The Post is less than the sum of its parts; an effectively directed and acted film, but its most dramatic story is left in the margins.
Sophia Cowley spoke with Catherine Curtin, the lovely actress we know from Orange Is The New Black, Insecure and her upcoming film, Gold Star.
An Inconvenient Sequel may struggle narratively, but its message about coming together to battle climate change is as important as ever.
Featuring one of the coldest mother-child relationships of the year, the harrowing but heavy handed Loveless truly lives up to its title.
By the Time it Gets Dark is a cinematic classic that will beg to be watched, decided and marvelled at, time and time again.