Reviews

Rose of Nevada review – a gorgeous Cornish time-travel yarn
Departures review – the turbulent journey of trauma with no arrival
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy review – rotten to the core
Diamanti review – a joyful meta-melodrama celebrating female actors
Miroirs No. 3 review – no one is doing it like Petzold
The Blue Trail review – a winding and creative dystopian drama

Features

Rediscovering Singapore's first action heroine
Lee Cronin's The Mummy | Miroirs No. 3 | The Blue Trail
The surprising rhythms of a 24-hour cinema
How Beef shines a light on the pitfalls of reproductive healthcare
Cannes 2026 announces its sidebar line-ups
Jarmusch Special | Father Mother Sister Brother

Contributor Suyin Haynes

Rediscovering Singapore's first action heroine

by Suyin Haynes

The crime-fighting, gun-toting lead of 1978’s They Call Her… Cleopatra Wong was nearly lost forever. A new restoration celebrates her overlooked history.

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Rose of Nevada review – a gorgeous Cornish time-travel yarn

Departures review – the turbulent journey of trauma with no arrival

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy review – rotten to the core

Diamanti review – a joyful meta-melodrama celebrating female actors

Miroirs No. 3 review – no one is doing it like Petzold

The Blue Trail review – a winding and creative dystopian drama

Rediscovering Singapore's first action heroine

Lee Cronin's The Mummy | Miroirs No. 3 | The Blue Trail

The surprising rhythms of a 24-hour cinema

How Beef shines a light on the pitfalls of reproductive healthcare

Cannes 2026 announces its sidebar line-ups

Jarmusch Special | Father Mother Sister Brother

Rediscovering Singapore's first action heroine