We Are The Weirdos (2019)
We Are The Weirdos 2019, woman-directed shorts presented by The Final Girls feminist film collective, showcases the most exciting new female voices in genre cinema from around the world.
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A Private War (2018)
★★★☆☆
Rosamund Pike in Matthew Heineman’s A Private War is a perfect incarnation of the legendarily fearless war reporter Marie Colvin.
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
Capernaum (2018)
★★★★☆
Capernaum is Nadine Labaki’s heartbreaking howl of rage and compassion on behalf of innocence compromised in a hell on earth.
Burning (2018)
★★★★☆
Burning is an elliptical, deceptive thriller directed by Lee Chang-dong that’s rooted in Korean class and income inequalities.
Vice (2018)
★★★★☆
The career of notorious US Vice-President Dick Cheney is given The Big Short treatment by Adam McKay in dark satire Vice.
Destroyer (2018)
★★★☆☆
Nicole Kidman plays startlingly against type in Karyn Kusama’s LA noir Destroyer.
Monsters and Men (2018)
★★★★☆
Reinaldo Marcus Green’s outstanding feature debut Monsters and Men is so heartfelt it hurts.
The House by the Sea (La Villa) (2017)
★★★☆☆
Robert Guédiguian reflects on bittersweet changes in life, death and society in his native south of France in The House by the Sea.
Colette (2018)
★★★★☆
As French cultural icon Colette, Keira Knightley charms and shocks in 19th century Paris in Wash Westmoreland’s intriguing biopic.
Stan & Ollie (2018)
★★★★☆
Steve Coogan and John C Reilly excel as Stan & Ollie in Jon S Baird’s bittersweet biopic of the end of a comedy duo – and an era.
The Front Runner (2018)
★★★★☆
The Front Runner, Jason Reitman’s absorbing dredge into presidential favourite Gary Hart’s downfall is a timely take on US politics and morality then and now.
The Favourite (2018)
★★★★☆
The Favourite is Yorgos Lanthimos’s blackly comic behind-the-scenes romp though a historical period that was strange enough to start with..
The House That Jack Built (2018)
★★★★☆
Lars von Trier shocks and provokes in bloody, violent, sadistic The House That Jack Built.