C Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1 is a unique meditation on violence, heroism, and aesthetics Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1 (Yûji Shimomura, 2020, Japan)
T Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Toxic masculinity, intoxicating: psychosexual gym drama Muscle understands spiritual impoverishment in Britain today Muscle (Gerard Johnson, 2019, UK)
A Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Another Round is a spirited examination of midlife crisis on the European continent Another Round (Thomas Vinterberg, 2020, Denmark)
R Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Road rage thriller Unhinged follows its pulp convictions to a satisfying conclusion Unhinged (Derrick Borte, 2020, US)
G Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Gentlemen prefer righteous wars: Greyhound is Tom Hanks’ impressionistic tribute to values-driven warfare Greyhound (Aaron Schneider, 2020, US)
M Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Madness and civilisation: Austrian drama The Ground Beneath My Feet finds neurosis at the core of late-capitalist society The Ground Beneath My Feet (Marie Kreutzer, 2019, Austria)
C Categories Conversations David G. Hughes Camille Paglia declares cinema done. "It lasted for a spectacular century—which is actually longer than other important movements in the arts..."
P Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Polished British gangster flick Villain hits with surprising emotional depth Villain (Philip Barantini, 2020, UK)
T Categories Commentary David G. Hughes The anxiety of influence and The Assassination of Jesse James, analogous to our cultural moment A western that speaks to a culture war torn between the charismatic, problematic past and the ambitious, revisionist present.
B Categories Criticism Netflix David G. Hughes Bombastic action thriller Extraction isn’t as slick as it thinks it is Extraction (Sam Hargrave, 2020, US)
P Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Planet of the Humans exposes the hypocrisy and fallacy of the green movement Planet of the Humans (Jeff Gibbs, 2020, US)
S Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Shallow Culture War Satire ‘The Hunt’ Has Plenty of Bark but No Bite On 'The Hunt' (Craig Zobel, 2020), US
V Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Veterans Rage Against Millennials and the Opioid Epidemic in Retrograde Splatter-Fest ‘VFW’ On 'VFW' (Joe Begos, 2020), US
C Categories Criticism David G. Hughes Charismatic Guy Pearce can’t save conservative neo-western Disturbing the Peace On 'Disturbing the Peace' (York Alec Shackleton, 2020), US
& Categories Criticism David G. Hughes ‘The Irishman’ is a Masterful Opus Infused with Cruel Wisdom and Tragic Melancholia On 'The Irishman' (Martin Scorsese, 2019), US
