VOD film review: Undine

Paula Beer plays a water nymph who can’t escape her fate in Christian Petzold’s beautifully made fantasy romance.Read More

VOD film review: Minari

This warm, moving family drama about making a fresh start in America is as unique as it is universal.Read More

VOD film review: Godzilla vs Kong (2021)

This monster mash is a hugely entertaining blast of cinematic mayhem.Read More

VOD film review: The Night

Kourosh Ahari’s disorienting ghost story books a guilt-laden Iranian couple into a hell of mirrors.Read More

The Dissident review: A gripping, alarming documentary

Bryan Fogel’s follow-up to Icarus is a gripping, alarming watch.Read More

The Mauritanian review: A compelling, complex drama

A superb performance by Tahar Rahim anchors this compelling 9/11 drama.Read More

VOD film review: King Kong (1976)

“Put me down you goddamn chauvinist pig ape!” That’s the sound of King Kong getting an update to the 1970s in a remake that’s certainly bigger but not exactly better.

Produced by a confident Dino de Laurentiis and directed by … Read More

First look UK TV review: Your Honor

How far would you go to protect the person you love? That’s the question at the heart of Your Honor, Showtime’s remake of Israeli drama Kvodo. It begins in breathlessly harrowing fashion, as teenager Adam (Hunter Doohan) accidentally runs someone … Read More

UK TV review: The Walking Dead Season 10, Episode 21 (Diverged)

After Splinter gave us one of the finest character-driven episodes The Walking Dead has produced, Episode 21 looks like it will live up to its title, then diverges back to the same, well-worn treads of these bonus episodes – but, … Read More

Beauty and the beast: Looking back at 1933’s King Kong

“It wasn’t the airplanes. It was beauty killed the beast.” Those are the iconic words that close out 1933’s King Kong – and not only gave us one of cinema’s most definitive fabled monster movie romances, but also ushered in … Read More