Willem Dafoe
Kinds of Kindness review: A dark, curious triptych
September 1, 2024 | David Farnor
Yorgos Lanthimos’s curious triptych of disturbing fables is a dark study of control, power and corruption.Read More
Asteroid City: A quirky, profound delight
September 9, 2023 | David Farnor
A moving study of life, loss and lockdowns, Wes Anderson’s unlikely sci-fi is a quirky, profound delight.Read More
The Northman review: A stunning, savage saga
May 22, 2022 | David Farnor
Robert Eggers’ viking revenge thriller is a stunning, savage saga of hollow masculinity.Read More
VOD film review: Nightmare Alley
March 25, 2022 | David Farnor
Guillermo del Toro’s colourful film noir is a beautifully dark tale of fakery and fate.Read More
VOD film review: Spider-Man: No Way Home
March 19, 2022 | David Farnor
This fan-pleasing meta-sequel is a surprisingly heartfelt tale of second chances.Read More
Spider-Man: Looking back at Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire’s trilogy
December 17, 2021 | David Farnor
As Spider-Man prepares to swing his way into the multiverse in Spider-Man: No Way Home, the franchise is about to give fans a mash-up of all the live-action Spidey feature films in recent memory. But with 20 odd years since … Read More
VOD film review: Motherless Brooklyn
November 25, 2020 | David Farnor
Edward Norton brings old-school appeal to this nostalgic neo-noir.Read More
The Lighthouse (2019) review: Brilliantly unnerving
June 17, 2020 | David Farnor
Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are brilliantly unnerving in this clammy, claustrophobic horror.Read More
Lost in adaptation: Ideas and missed opportunities in Tales from Earthsea
February 8, 2020 | David Farnor
This occasionally enjoyable but uneven adaptation of Ursula Le Guin’s novels is a rare misfire from Studio Ghibli.Read More
VOD film review: Opus Zero
August 9, 2019 | David Farnor
Willem Dafoe can’t redeem this beautiful but frustratingly abstract drama.Read More
