Jordan Peele’s horror comedy Us establishes him as a fascinating film-maker
The word “American” in a title (American Beauty, American Psycho) usually serves notice that an attempt will be made to…
By
Film
Latest in
Film
Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die is a stumbling pass at horror
Genre didn’t interest Jim Jarmusch for the first 15 years of his directing career, until he realised that his spaced-out…
By
László Nemes’s Sunset fails to capture the audience’s attention
Near the end of László Nemes’s Sunset, there is a tiny ripple of shock. Nothing on the scale of his…
By
Rewatching American History X shows how far-right ideas have entered the mainstream
Back in 1998, the film's ending was criticised as implausible. In 2019, it would appear all too convenient.
By
Marriage Story: a slow, painful story of a slow, painful divorce
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver give the film its weight, movingly demonstrating a couple’s love for one another even as they’re…
By
The Midway of our movie screens ignores its place within America’s oceanic empire
The tiny Pacific island’s history is emblematic of the country’s little-discussed colonial past.
By
Ageing bulls
Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, now in their 70s, reunite for the first time in more than 20 years…
By
“Hardly the basis of a healthy relationship”: A brief history of the vampire
The myth emerged at a time when Eastern European folklore seemed particularly exotic to Western Europeans.
By