by Hannah Strong
Julian Schnabel’s turgid adaptation of Nick Tosches’ 2002 novel recreates the experience of travelling through Dante’s Inferno for the viewer.
by Sophie Monks Kaufman
Guillermo del Toro handles Mary Shelley’s canonical text with the tenderness of a butterfly, exulting in the author’s wisdom and sense of high tragedy while bringing his own steampunk spin to the material.
Guillermo del Toro achieves his life-long dream, adapting Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein with resplendent results.
by Leila Latif
Miles Morales returns as the web-slinging hero of Brooklyn in this smart sequel which defies expectations.
by David Jenkins
Paul Schrader continues his God’s Lonely Man project with Oscar Isaac in-tow as a tormented professional poker player.
Despite a fine turn from Willem Dafoe, Julian Schnabel’s Vincent van Gogh biopic is a messy affair.
JC Chandor’s South American action-thriller boasts a stellar cast, but it’s all brawn and no brains.
Dan Fogelman’s starry New York soap opera is a staggering waste of talent and money.
by Adam Woodward
Alex Garland delivers a visually stunning, coolly affecting allegory for life, loss and human fallibility.
Rian Johnson serves up the most spectacular, emotional and weirdest Star Wars film to date.
by Ed Gibbs
George Clooney adds a dark directorial flourish to the Coen brothers’ tale of murder and moral panic in smalltown USA.
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