high-rise

HIGH-RISE (2015)

Life for the residents of a tower block begins to run out of control in Ben Wheatley's adaptation of J.G Ballard's novel...

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PREACHER, 1.7 – ‘He Gone’

My biggest gripe about Preacher has been how scattershot everything’s been, but “He Gone” felt more harmonious and structured. The flashbacks didn’t seem as...

maggie's plan

MAGGIE’S PLAN (2015)

It’s been more than a decade since Rebecca Miller’s harrowing directorial debut, Angela (2015), and although her subsequent films (Personal Velocity, The Ballad of...

the ones below

THE ONES BELOW (2015)

To say The Ones Below is inspired by the films of Roman Polanski would be a gross understatement. Motherhood-inflected horror, the conflict between pairs of...

big trouble in little china

30 Years On: BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA

John Carpenter's BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA was released across the US on this day, 30 years ago. To celebrate, we've investigated the origins of this flop summer movie from 1987 that became a cult favourite...