Reviews

Pompei: Below the Clouds review – a stimulating and wry survey of modern Naples
They Will Kill You review – limb-lopping cartoon action with a political twist
Orwell 2+2=5 review – Orwell for Dummies
Two Prosecutors review – a quaint variation on a story told many times before
Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – here comes the bride...again
Dead Man’s Wire review – watchable, but struggles to justify its existence

Features

Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public
Ryan Gosling – Jacket Man
Going Underground: Five picks from CPH:DOX
Sheep, grief and beats: The big-hearted DJ Ahmet
Help to save one of the UK’s oldest cinemas
Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To Earth

Contributor Sonya Vseliubska

Sonya Vseliubska is a UK-based Ukrainian film critic and scholar.

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Acting Up

The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix

by Sonya Vseliubska

One of the most distinctive actors of his generation has made unabashed commitment to his craft his signature – in Ari Aster he might have met his match.

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Pompei: Below the Clouds review – a stimulating and wry survey of modern Naples

They Will Kill You review – limb-lopping cartoon action with a political twist

Orwell 2+2=5 review – Orwell for Dummies

Two Prosecutors review – a quaint variation on a story told many times before

Ready or Not 2: Here I Come review – here comes the bride...again

Dead Man’s Wire review – watchable, but struggles to justify its existence

Kink in the Archive: The pleasures of porn in public

Ryan Gosling – Jacket Man

Going Underground: Five picks from CPH:DOX

Sheep, grief and beats: The big-hearted DJ Ahmet

Help to save one of the UK’s oldest cinemas

Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To Earth

The extreme vulnerability of Joaquin Phoenix