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'Bugonia' Review: does Lanthimos return to his best?

Will Yorgos Lanthimos' dark satire be another hit or will it go the way of 'Kinds Of Kindness'?

Failure or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Enjoy My Year

A short update on the blog and what to expect from me in the future.

'We're All Going to the World's Fair' Review: Dysphoria realised in Internet horror

"One of the only films I’ve seen that gets what it means to be young and online."

Havoc: An Uninspiring Action Mishmash

"A subconscious composite of any action-thriller released in the past fifteen years."

100th FILM SPECIAL: MEGALOPOLIS!

The honour falls to Coppola's polarising sci-fi opera epic.

In Cold Blood: A Masterful Story of Dispassionate Evil

A disturbing, mesmerising study of senseless violence, the damaged people responsible, and a society without answers.

Reawakening: Admirable B-Movie Melodrama

Jared Harris carries the weight of this cheap but not-so cheerful drama.

The Man Without a Past: A Charming and Timeless Ode to Community

"What does it mean to be part of a community?" Aki Kaurismäki asks in throwback Finnish romance steeped in dark comedy.

Opus: A Promising Debut Unfairly Cast Aside

Is Opus the tired cult horror rerun fans are making out? Or is it something greater?

Hard Truths: A Masterpiece in Suffering

"An intelligent, heart-rending portrait of a woman in existential pain."