Posts By Josh Slater-Williams
VOD film review: Eyimofe (This Is My Desire)
November 4, 2022 | Josh Slater-Williams
The Esiri brothers’ arresting debut feature is an evocative portrait of Lagos.Read More
Interview: Neil Maskell, Paul Andrew Williams talk Bull
April 9, 2022 | Josh Slater-Williams
Following his BAFTA-nominated breakthrough feature London to Brighton (2006), writer-director Paul Andrew Williams dabbled in horror-comedy and thriller territory with The Cottage (2008) and Cherry Tree Lane (2010). Then came a fairly surprising switch to inspirational drama with Song for … Read More
VOD film review: Fresh
March 18, 2022 | Josh Slater-Williams
Mimi Cave’s stylish horror debut may not benefit from revisits, but the wild ride involved is quite something.Read More
VOD film review: Charlatan
May 7, 2021 | Josh Slater-Williams
Agnieszka Holland’s healer biopic refrains from a simple diagnosis of its subject.
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VOD film review: Meek’s Cutoff (2010)
November 30, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Kelly Reichardt’s deliberately slow-paced revisionist Western is an acquired taste, but one that rewards revisits.Read More
MUBI Mondays: The Hitch-Hiker (1953)
November 16, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Ida Lupino’s three-hander desert noir is a taut thriller worth your time.Read More
The Babysitter: Killer Queen: How not to make a horror sequel
October 31, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Wrecking its predecessor’s characters, The Babysitter: Killer Queen is an unpleasant example of how not to make a horror sequel.Read More
MUBI Mondays: Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971)
October 26, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Dario Argento’s early Giallo is a thrillingly weird tale of murder.Read More
MUBI Mondays: Amateur (1994)
October 12, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Amateur is a fine starting point for the idiosyncratic worlds of Hal Hartley. Read More
MUBI Mondays: Something in the Air (2012)
September 28, 2020 | Josh Slater-Williams
Olivier Assayas’ portrait of youth in revolt is an absorbing demystification of an era.
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