Talent Vicky Krieps

Two women sitting at outdoor café table under umbrellas, one in dark top, one in white shirt, Spanish flag visible on wall behind.
Review

Hot Milk review – never properly gels

by David Jenkins

Rebecca Lenkiewicz adapts Deb­o­rah Levy’s best-selling novel, but the result is lacklustre.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

The Dead Don’t Hurt review – elegiac and tenderly romantic

by David Jenkins

Viggo Mortensen’s sombre take on the western evokes some classic Clint Eastwood films.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

More Than Ever

by Laura Venning

Vicky Krieps and Gaspard Ulliel play a couple grappling with a life-altering illness in Emily Atef’s sensitive but slight drama.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Corsage

by Caitlin Quinlan

Vicky Krieps gives an acting masterclass as the despondent Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Review

Bergman Island

by Lillian Crawford

Mia Hansen-Løve’s lilting rumination on art, relationships and cinephilia is one of her most accomplished and moving films to date.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Review

Old

by Hannah Strong

A family’s dream vacation turns into a nightmare when they start to age rapidly in M Night Shyamalan’s latest twisty thriller.

4
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Review

The Young Karl Marx

by David Jenkins

Ever wondered why Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote The Communist Manifesto?

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Review

Phantom Thread

by David Jenkins

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest is a swooning, masochistic love story set in mid-century London. It might just be his best film…

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect