Contributor Kambole Campbell

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In Conversation

Meet the animation genius behind Ghost in the Shell

by Kambole Campbell

Director and designer Shōji Kawamori sees hand-drawn animation going the way of noh or kabubki in Japan.
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Festivals

Weathering with You – first look review

by Kambole Campbell

Makoto Shinkai’s blissful follow-up to his 2016 smash, Your Name, plants teen romance in a climate change disaster.
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Festivals

Color Out of Space – first look review

by Kambole Campbell

Shape-shifting aliens take on Nic Cage’s customary rage crescendo in this new horror film by the great Richard Stanley.
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Not Movies

Science-fiction and songwriting find perfect harmony in Carole & Tuesday

by Kambole Campbell

The latest anime series from Shinichirō Watanabe is among his kindest and most soulful to date.
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Review

Do the Right Thing (1989)

by Kambole Campbell

Spike Lee’s magnum opus tells the story of a tense, sweltering summer day in Brooklyn, New York.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Oldboy (2003)

by Kambole Campbell

Park Chan-wook’s revenge thriller mixes stylish thrills and perverse twists with a surprising amount of humour.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Making Noise Quietly

by Kambole Campbell

This measured adaptation of Robert Holman’s stage play can’t quite escape its theatre roots.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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In Praise Of

Hollywood could still learn a thing or two from Tim Burton’s Batman

by Kambole Campbell

The director’s vision of Gotham City remains one of blockbuster cinema’s greatest creations.
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Review

X-Men: Dark Phoenix

by Kambole Campbell

Sophie Turner’s Jean Grey becomes fused with a cosmic entity in this lacklustre series add-on.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
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Review

Hail Satan?

by Kambole Campbell

Penny Lane’s head-spinning documentary charts the rise of The Satanic Temple.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect

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