Chris DeacyReview of ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ (Tim Burton, 2024)‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ is a perverse, sometimes inspired, spectacle which draws on the 1988 original, from a time when Tim Burton was…7h ago7h ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Starve Acre’ (Daniel Kokotajlo, 2023)‘Starve Acre’ is in many ways a companion piece to ‘Saint Maud’, also starring Morfydd Clark, in this folk horror tale, set in Yorkshire in…7h ago7h ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘His Three Daughters’ Azazel Jacobs, 2023)‘His Three Daughters’ is a magnificent exposition of a family torn asunder, with three mismatched sisters all regrouping in the same…7h ago7h ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ (Alexandre de La Patellière & Matthieu Delaporte, 2024)There have been multiple attempts over the years to adapt Alexandre Dumas’ tale of revenge, but this French language version of ‘The Count…3d ago3d ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Cuckoo’ (Tilman Singer, 2024)It is a case of name matches content in this totally deranged horror set in an alpine resort in Bavaria where, in a manner which would not…3d ago3d ago
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Between the Temples’ (Nathan Silver, 2024)‘Between The Temples’ is a charming, offbeat comedy of manners with shades of ‘Harold and Maude’ in the way that it gives us a difficult to…Sep 2Sep 2
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Blink Twice’ (Zoë Kravitz, 2024)‘Blink Twice’ is a film about gaslighting, manipulation, misogyny, transgression and abuse of power, but is surprisingly and…Sep 2Sep 2
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Only the River Flows’ (Wei Shujun, 2023)Set in China in the 1990s, ‘Only The River Flows’ is a neo-noir police drama with a weatherbeaten detective who is torn between his loyalty…Sep 2Sep 2
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Lone Star’ (John Sayles, 1996)‘Lone Star’ is a complex neo-western which explores the legacy of toxic masculinity and racism on the lives of the next generation who are…Aug 30Aug 30
Chris DeacyReview of ‘Notes on a Scandal’ (Richard Eyre, 2006)To a large extent, ‘Notes on a Scandal’ is a British version of ‘Fatal Attraction’, in which Judi Dench, in an Oscar nominated role, is the…Aug 30Aug 30