Rating: 4.0★
Let's talk about practical effects, because if any film makes the case for them over weightless, pixelated CGI, it's this one. The Fly is the gold standard of body horror, and the reason it works so ferociously well comes down to latex, foam, and fake blood
Rating: 4.0★
I'll be honest: seeing Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse sitting at a higher rating than its predecessor on Letterboxd left me genuinely baffled. Not angry, not defensive, just... baffled. Because while this 2023 sequel is an extraordinary piece of work in several respects, I came out of
Edinburgh International Film Festival
I came to The Mad World of Harvey Kurtzman knowing almost nothing about the man, and not a great deal more about the magazine that made him. MAD is one of those American institutions that only ever reached these shores second-hand, through references in other things, the gap-toothed
Rating: 4.0★
It's an absolute statistical anomaly for a legacy sequel to not just match its predecessor but to utterly eclipse it. Yet here we are. I walked into Top Gun: Maverick carrying the reasonable scepticism of anyone who's sat through enough hollow nostalgia grabs, and I walked
Rating: 4.0★
"Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?" Honestly, yeah. I just watched what is arguably one of the greatest cop films ever put to celluloid, and I came out the other side buzzing. That line has been quoted, parodied and imitated so many times over the decades
Rating: 4.0★
There are films that entertain you, and then there are films that practically reach through the screen and squeeze the joy right out of your chest. John Hillcoat's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road is firmly, unapologetically in the latter category. I don't mean
Rating: 4.0★
Let's get the "female Superbad" label out of the way right now, because it's both accurate and reductive in equal measure. Yes, Bottoms absolutely belongs in that specific, highly coveted corner of chaotic, hormone-fuelled teen cinema alongside the likes of Booksmart. But the
Rating: 4.0★
My dad was never one for splashing out unnecessarily, but Prince Naseem Hamed's pay-per-view fights were a different matter entirely. I can still picture it now: the two of us squeezed onto the sofa, watching this flamboyant, impossibly cocky kid from Sheffield float into the ring
Rating: 4.0★
Eight minutes. No dialogue. One of the most devastating things I've ever watched. That's the short version of my thoughts on Michael Dudok de Wit's Father and Daughter, and honestly, it nearly does the job on its own. But it deserves more than that.
Rating: 4.0★
There is a very specific, fascinating subgenre of cinema that blurs the line between documentary and performance, using real-life trauma as a vehicle for on-screen catharsis. I've sat through a fair few of these over the years. Think Salaam Cinema, or films like 1001 Frames, where
Rating: 4.0★
There's an early, sweeping aerial shot in this 2024 documentary that stops you cold. A brown, elegant shape glides effortlessly through the thick seaweeds of the Shetland coast, and it looks absolutely stunning. For a moment, I found myself bracing for the usual modern wildlife documentary catch: is
Rating: 4.0★
Let me be honest with you: I walked into Project Hail Mary fully prepared to be disappointed. The early critic chatter was dominated by how "cute" and "funny" Ryan Gosling's companion was, and that framing had me bracing for some kind of cosmic Disney
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