Posts By Josh Slater-Williams
VOD film review: Tesla
September 24, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThe most idiosyncratic biopic since I’m Not There.
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VOD film review: Barking Dogs Never Bite
September 18, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsBong Joon-ho’s previously unreleased debut feature is more welcome curio than lost classic.Read More
MUBI Mondays: Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
September 14, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsA beautifully performed, affecting drama about the inconveniences and uncertainties of grief.Read More
VOD film review: The Bigamist (1953)
August 31, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsIda Lupino’s noir melodrama remains an ambiguous, unsettling work.Read More
VOD film review: The Girl with a Bracelet
June 27, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThis understated legal drama may have you questioning your own means of judgement.Read More
The Whistlers review: An eccentric neo-noir
May 10, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsAn eccentric, tightly plotted Romanian neo-noir.Read More
VOD film review: Romantic Comedy
May 8, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThis exuberant essay film is an affectionate skewering of the rules and messages of the rom-com genre.Read More
Interview: Corneliu Porumboiu talks The Whistlers
May 8, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsFollowing his breakthrough feature, 2006’s 12:08 East of Bucharest, Romanian writer-director Corneliu Porumboiu has become known for veering between similarly satirical comedies, meta-textual documentaries (The Second Game, Infinite Football) and ostensibly more traditional dramas (Police, Adjective). His most recent film, … Read More
30 essential Simpsons episodes to watch on Disney+
April 5, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsThanks to Disney’s acquisition of the 20th Century Fox back catalogue, one of the big selling points of Disney+ is access to the entire library of The Simpsons. Well, almost. The Michael Jackson-featuring Season 3 opener, Stark Raving Dad, was … Read More
VOD film review: Bloodshot
March 27, 2020 | Josh Slater-WilliamsHankering for a mid-budget 1990s superhero throwback? Bloodshot is definitely a film that exists.Read More