IN A LONELY PLACE (1950)

In a Lonely Place is a film about Hollywood. But, more precisely, it’s a film about Dixon Steele (Humphrey Bogart), a screenwriter whom we’re...

in a lonely place

EASY RIDER (1969)

There have been many American movies specifically concerned with the country itself. Few are as biting, inventive, and also endlessly relevant as Easy Rider....

easy rider

MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (2016)

Midnight Special is the kind of film that drip-feeds information rather than dole out exposition. The film starts with two men acting shiftily in...

midnight special

THE SOUND BARRIER (1952)

Although The Sound Barrier manages to excitedly capture the thrill and majesty of flying a plane above the clouds at high speed, the film...

the sound barrier

BONE TOMAHAWK (2015)

Bone Tomahawk is, for the most part, a character-driven western with lots of talky scenes. It’s also a bloody and violent western with sequences...

bone tomahawk

OUT 1 (1971)

Jacques Rivette is an ongoing revelation for me. News of the French director’s death broke as I was part way through watching Arrow’s release...

out 1

THE LOBSTER (2015)

It has been clear for some time that the leading lights of the ‘weird wave’ of Greek cinema would not be able to remain...

the lobster

MACBETH (2015)

Is it unfair to compare this latest adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth to past film adaptations of the play? Each director must find their own...

macbeth

JOY (2015)

If there were a recipe that could be applied to David O. Russell’s output of the last few years, it would go something like...