Film of the week: The Fall Guy, plus ticket giveaway
Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in a love letter to the stunt professionals of Hollywood. Shot in Sydney’s CBD, it offers little beyond impressive…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readRyan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in a love letter to the stunt professionals of Hollywood. Shot in Sydney’s CBD, it offers little beyond impressive…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readThe Japanese director behind 2021’s Drive My Car delivers a beautiful and contemplative eco-drama that ends with one of this year’s most harrowingly haunting endings.
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readAlex Garland divides opinions, and America, in a nihilistic war fantasy. And the surprise Spanish animated Robot Dreams is a charming piece that both breaks and…
By Francisco Silva - 6 min readTom Cruise brings returns to the role that made him a superstar in this sequel that surpasses the original while respecting the legacy it started.
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readFrançois Ozon signs touching and poignant drama about a daughter assisting her sickly father to die with dignity. With Sophie Marceau.
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readColin Firth and Matthew Mcfayden bring class and dignity to this British adaption of one of the most implausible episodes of espionage in WWII. It…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readCéline Sciamma follows her critical behemoth, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, with a modest, humble and whimsical time-travel story about daughters and mothers.
By Francisco Silva - 3 min readColin Farrell contemplates what makes him human, in this beautifully shot, philosophical sci-fi drama. Directed by Kongonada and score by Ryuichi Sakamoto.
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readBloody, brutal, but intensely entertaining, Robert Eggers’s Viking epic delivers on its promises. With Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman and Ethan Hawke.
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readThe sci-fi, universe-hopping, mind-bending creative fest that won, well, everything at the 2023 Oscars. Find out why it was our critic’s film of the year
By Francisco Silva - 5 min readQuiet and contemplative as always, the Thai master Apichatpong Weerasethakul brings us another visual poem, this time with the help of a dedicated Tilda Swinton.
By Francisco Silva - 3 min readRoger Michell’s final film is exactly like the British director’s whole career – charming, effective, and a jolly good time with expectedly solid performances from…
By Francisco Silva - 4 min readAn unexpectedly wonderful emotional story, with a terrific central performance, that lets you fill in the gaps instead of forcing the drama on us.
By Francisco Silva - 4 min read