Should romcoms be sincere or ironic?
The Fall Guy and The Idea of You offer two very different approaches to the genre – one playful, one…
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The internet has ruined true stories
In the social media age, autobiographical works invariably end in harassment for the individuals depicted. Can real-life storytelling ever be…
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Luca Guadagnino’s wryly horny tennis film Challengers
In this playful depiction of a toxic ménage-à-trois between players, the sport is a stand-in for sex.
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The Book of Clarence is a bombastic biblical satire
Jeymes Samuel’s comedy is both a playful riff on the religious epic and a witty homage to sword-and-sandals films.
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The contested afterlife of Amy Winehouse
In her life and music, she was beyond confessional. Can Sam Taylor-Johnson’s biopic tell us more about her than she…
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Alex Garland’s Civil War is his sharpest, most brutal dystopia
The British director’s film imagines a present day America that has fallen into internecine violence.
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Netflix’s Prince Andrew film Scoop is fun to watch. But what’s the point?
This anti-climactic, behind-the-scenes dramatisation of the royal’s infamous Newsnight interview can’t compare to the real thing.
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Dev Patel’s Monkey Man: political commentary meets bone-crunching action
The British actor-director lets his ambition run wild in this thriller set in a fictional Indian city.
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