Okay, let’s start off with the great news and then we can only go downhill, right? That’s the way people like to do these things, isn’t it? Isn’t it? Whatever, as far as I’m concerned, the best news we got this week was an official announcement, from the men themselves, that
Hulu’s Oscar-nominated Minding The Gap may be one of the most genuine and human documentaries of recent times. Bing Liu’s film has been shot over the course of 12 years as he grows up with his friends Zack and Keire, all of whom have experienced trauma in their youth and
By Fergus Henderson. Cinema is the healthiest it has been in years. In the age of streaming people are still making the trip. It will never, however, reach the heights it knew half a century ago. A cinema trip now is for many simply a thing to do when
The original Czech version of Jindřich Polák’s 1963 sci-fi gets a hi-definition re-release through Second Run. It’s 2163 and the starship Ikarie XB 1 dives into a deep space journey in search of alien life. As they come across archaic technology and arcane cosmic phenomena, the crew must confront humanity’s past
Brady Corbet’s new film about the pitfalls of stardom is an interesting but flawed picture; one with worthwhile themes and terrific performances, but not with a great deal to say. Vox Lux stars both Natalie Portman and Raffey Cassidy as Celeste, a singer who shot to fame at a very young
