Do you know what always proves to be a cinematic tractor beam for me? Movies about cults. Whether it’s a … Continue reading Son: Ambitious chiller is both opaquely written and reveals too much

At the risk of opening with a wildly overused rhetorical question, what’s the deal with the career trajectory of Robert … Continue reading Cape Fear (1991): My scariest non-horror film of all time

Rosamund Pike is a natural when it comes to being terrifying. I certainly give commendation to her range, given her … Continue reading I Care A Lot: Intriguing thriller starts strong but falls on its arse

I often encounter people who appear to have a strangely hostile resistance to the fact that Robert Pattinson has considerably … Continue reading Good Time (2017): A mad and scuzzy night-time odyssey

As soon as the credits started rolling at the end of Willy’s Wonderland, I made a somewhat predictable move by … Continue reading Willy’s Wonderland: So bonkers that only Cage could do it

While he may not have exclusively knocked it out of the park in every instance, the name of legendary director … Continue reading The Duellists (1977): A thrilling tale of honour and obsession

I’m not entirely sure why I missed the boat on Hostiles the first time around. It’s strange, considering that director … Continue reading Hostiles: Makeshift families in a violent wilderness

Mike Leigh, alongside Alan Clarke and Ken Loach, is one of the veritable titans of social realism in British cinema, … Continue reading Naked (1993): A thoroughly nasty dose of existentialism

Ahh, the serial killer movie. Whether it’s the sombre and protracted threat of mystery thriller-cum-character studies like Se7en and Memories … Continue reading The Little Things: They certainly don’t add up to much

I’ve always been a huge fan of Ray Winstone. There’s arguably a familial component to it as I hail from … Continue reading Scum (1979): The angriest indictment of a broken system