Category: Criticism

Richard Jewell (Clint Eastwood, 2019), Warner Bros., USA, DCP, colour, sound, 131 Minutes, Watson Bryant (Sam Rockwell), Richard Jewell (Paul Walter Hauser)F
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Patrick Preziosi

Fascinating and infuriating in equal measure, Richard Jewell pushes the director’s late preoccupation with everyday heroes into new territory

Fascinating and infuriating in equal measure, Eastwood’s film pushes the director’s late preoccupation with everyday heroes into new territory
Honey Boy (Alma Har'el, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 93 Minutes, James Lort (Shia LaBeouf)H
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Rhys Handley

HONEY BOY

Shia LaBeouf mines patriarchal pain to bring his own coming-of-age to the screen
Dark Waters (Todd Haynes, 2019), Entertainment One, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 126 minutes, Rob Billot (Mark Ruffalo)D
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Patrick Preziosi

DARK WATERS

Todd Haynes injects the legal thriller with subtle artistry and palpable dread
The Irishman (Martin Scorsese, 2019), Netflix, USA, 35mm, colour, sound, 209 Minutes, Jimmy Hoffa (Al Pacino), Frank "Irish" Sheeran (Robert De Niro)&
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David G. Hughes

‘The Irishman’ is a Masterful Opus Infused with Cruel Wisdom and Tragic Melancholia

On 'The Irishman' (Martin Scorsese, 2019), US
Terminator: Dark Fate (Tim Miller, 2019), Paramount Pictures, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 128 minutes, Grace (Mackenzie Davis)I
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David G. Hughes

Ideological overkill and cynical opportunism condemns Terminator: Dark Fate to the scrapheap

On 'Terminator: Dark Fate' (Tim Miller, 2019), US
The King (David Michôd, 2019), Netflix, Australia / USA, DCP, colour, sound, 140 minutes, Hal (Timothée Chalamet)T
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Ruairí McCann

THE KING

King Henry V comes of age in this cold and stiff Shakespeare adaptation starring Timothée Chalamet
Wasp Network (Olivier Assayas, 2019), Netflix, France/Spain/Belgium, DCP, colour, sound, 123 Minutes, Rene Gonzalez (Edgar Ramírez)W
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Patrick Preziosi

WASP NETWORK

An atypical dud from Olivier Assayas, fascinating only for its flaws
Knives Out (Rian Johnson, 2019), Lionsgate, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 130 Minutes, Lieutenant Elliott (Lakeith Stanfield), Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig)K
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Rhys Handley

KNIVES OUT

Rian Johnson takes aim at modern America in a playful, ingenious murder mystery
Parasite / Gisaengchung (Bong Joon-ho, 2019), Curzon Artificial Eye, South Korea, DCP, colour, sound, 132 Minutes, Ki Taek (Kang-ho Song)P
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Patrick Preziosi

PARASITE

Bong offers a rigorous class-system takedown disguised as a serpentine thriller
The Report (Scott Z. Burns, 2019), Amazon Studios, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 119 minutes, Daniel Jones (Adam Driver)T
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Rhys Handley

THE REPORT

The truth will out as Adam Driver takes on the CIA in real-life post-9/11 thriller
The Day Shall Come (Chris Morris, 2019), Film4, UK / USA, colour, sound, 88 Minutes, Moses (Marchánt Davis)T
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Ruairí McCann

THE DAY SHALL COME

Chris Morris returns with a botched satire on terror hysterics and police brutality
Zombi Child (Bertrand Bonello, 2019), MUBI, France, DCP, colour, sound, 103 Minutes, Fanny (Louise Labeque)Z
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Rhys Handley

ZOMBI CHILD

Teen trifles clash with sacred traditions and powerful voodoo in Bertrand Bonello’s diasporic meditation
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot, 2019), A24, USA, DCP, colour, sound, 120 minutes, Montgomery Allen (Jonathan Majors), Jimmie (Jimmie Fails)T
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Patrick Preziosi

THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO

Joe Talbot and Jimmie Fails deliver an affecting tone-poem to San Francisco
Joker (Todd Phillips, 2019), Warner Bros., USA, 35mm / 70mm, colour, sound, 122 Minutes, Joker (Joaquin Phoenix)J
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Mary Wild

Joker is a mischievous character study of Gotham’s nihilist supervillain

Joker (Todd Phillip 2019, US)
Colour Out of Space (Richard Stanley, 2019), USA, DCP, colour, sound, 111 Minutes, Theresa (Joely Richardson), Nathan Gardner (Nicolas Cage)C
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Savina Petkova

COLOUR OUT OF SPACE

A family goes berserk in a Lovecraftian horror which you’ll remember for Nicolas Cage milking an alpaca