Contributor Phil W Bayles

Trailers

Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled gets a stunning trailer

by Phil W Bayles

Elle Fanning, Kirsten Dunst and Colin Farrell star in the director’s racy period remake.
Close-up of a young woman with pensive, serious expression, staring directly at the camera with piercing blue eyes.
Review

The Trust

by Phil W Bayles

Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage play a pair of crooked Las Vegas cops in this breezy heist caper.

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3
In Retrospect
Fiery storm clouds over an arid, mountainous landscape with a spiralling symbol in the sky.
Review

Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art

by Phil W Bayles

A mildly fascinating look at the Land Art movement that emerged in the US during the ’60s and ’70s.

3
Anticipation
3
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3
In Retrospect
A man speaking on a phone at a desk.
Review

The Divide

by Phil W Bayles

This insightful doc attempts to humanise the inequality debate, with intriguing results.

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3
In Retrospect
Two adults and a child stand together. The adults wear casual clothing - a black shirt and a teal dress. The child wears a white shirt. The adults have brown hair and the woman has a long, wavy hairstyle.

The Jungle Book is the melancholy coda to Jon Favreau’s Chef

by Phil W Bayles

The director’s recent collaboration with Disney provides a bittersweet tang to his story of a talented cook.
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Review

Boulevard

by Phil W Bayles

Robin Williams’ dour acting swansong is an underpowered drama of suppressed sexual frustration.

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2
In Retrospect
Two individuals sitting at an elaborate, ornate table filled with decorative items and tableware in a dimly lit, opulent room.
Kinoteka Film Festival

Five films to see at the 2016 Kinoteka Film Festival

by Phil W Bayles

Three titans of Polish cinema receive retrospective strands at this year’s celebration of Polish cinema old and new.
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3D can still be the saviour of cinema

by Phil W Bayles

Audiences have started losing interest, but the technology still has the potential to reshape the artform as we know it.
Blonde woman with windswept hair smiling on a beach.

Eight great POV shots in the movies

by Phil W Bayles

Shoot ’em up frenzy Hardcore Henry got us thinking about other memorable uses of first-person perspective.
Animated cartoon characters - a red cat and a Mexican-inspired figure - in a rustic interior with 'Casa Sweet Casa' sign.
Incoming

Could a Speedy Gonzales movie be the antidote to Donald Trump’s America?

by Phil W Bayles

The beloved Looney Toon is set to make his big screen bow courtesy of Warner Bros.
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Incoming

Everything we know about Blade Runner 2049

by Phil W Bayles

Check in with the continuing adventures of Rick Deckard and his cursed Replicant ilk.
Two women in elaborate period costumes, one in a light pink dress and the other in a silver gown, conversing in an ornate interior setting.
Incoming

Sofia Coppola is the perfect director to remake The Beguiled

by Phil W Bayles

Elle Fanning and Kirsten Dunst are set to return for the director’s update of the 1971 Clint Eastwood thriller.

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