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Memoria review: A surreal and immersive journey into the human mind

Memoria review: A surreal and immersive journey into the human mind

5 January 2022

Apichatpong Weerasethakul's latest slow cinema offering, Memoria, ponders what we do and don't understand about the nature of reality


Daniel Craig as James Bond

No Time To Die review: A kinder Bond takes on biochemical warfare

29 September 2021

Daniel Craig's final Bond film sees his character faced with a missing scientist, a man with an apocalyptic vision of the world and the return of nifty gadgets


(from left) Guy (Gael García Bernal) and Prisca (Vicky Krieps) in Old

Old review: M. Night Shyamalan's stylish horror of accelerated ageing

2 August 2021

Old, directed by The Sixth Sense’s M. Night Shyamalan, is a stylish sci-fi horror film about a group of tourists stranded on a beach who age at an accelerated rate


Riz Ahmed plays Ruben, a former heroin addict who is facing a new crisis

Sound of Metal review: Riz Ahmed's performance is Oscar-worthy

29 March 2021

It's easy to see why Riz Ahmed has been nominated for an Oscar for the film Sound of Metal, in which he gives a harrowing, subtle performance as a drug addict-turned musician who loses his hearing


Netflix's The Dig review: An archaeology drama with impeccable acting

Netflix's The Dig review: An archaeology drama with impeccable acting

3 February 2021

Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan star in Netflix’s film The Dig, which reimagines the excavation at Sutton Hoo, where a 27-metre burial ship was uncovered


Second Spring review: A brave film about agency and cognitive decline

Second Spring review: A brave film about agency and cognitive decline

13 January 2021

In Second Spring, an archaeologist who has developed a lesser-known form of dementia that alters her personality, unmasks her new life – to the dismay of friends and family


The best sci-fi films and science documentaries to watch in 2021

The best sci-fi films and science documentaries to watch in 2021

30 December 2020

Films Top Gun: Maverick, Dune and Babylon, as well as TV documentaries about Greta Thunberg and Stephen Hawking are all due to be released in 2021


Kate Winslet & Saoirse Ronan

Ammonite review: Here's the true story of palaeontologist Mary Anning

30 October 2020

Mary Anning's later life is explored in Ammonite, starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan. The film does a good job of showing the hard work involved in paleontology, but the portrayal of Anning isn't entirely based on fact


ROBERT PATTINSON and JOHN DAVID WASHINGTON in Warner Bros. Pictures’ action epic

Tenet review: Time twisting fun that is head-spinningly hard to grasp

24 August 2020

Christopher Nolan's new film Tenet is a “time inversion” blockbuster. It is difficult to wrap your head around but that is easily glossed over with the car chases, a pounding score and stunning sets


Dark Waters review: A lawyer's epic fight with a chemicals giant

Dark Waters review: A lawyer's epic fight with a chemicals giant

19 February 2020

After cows start dying and people get sick, a corporate lawyer in the film Dark Waters decides to switch sides and take on chemicals Goliath DuPont


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