A diverse band of god-like heroes with familiar human problems enter the Marvel fold in award-winning director Chloé Zhao’s Eternals.
Depicting the vivid and colourful life of explorer Jacques Cousteau, Becoming Cousteau dives headfirst into the deep, presenting the harsh effects of climate change across his 70-year career.
“Till death do us part” is the twisted omen that lingers throughout this film. In an eerie horrorscape built on the punishment of women, Till Death is a nuanced and enlightening take on feminist horror.
Ride the Eagle heroically dismantles the victimhood of estrangement in an unconventional, moving portrait of family love.
Like A Dirty French Novel intertwines the stories of two estranged brothers, a sex-phone operator and a cosplayer, set to the backdrop of the current Covid pandemic.
Language Lessons is a poignant tale of a burgeoning friendship across seas and devices starring Natalie Morales and Mark Duplass.
Disclosure is a confronting tale about two close couples whose friendships implode through the allegation that one of their children was sexually abused by the other.
You Cannot Kill David Arquette is the redemptive tale of washed-up Hollywood actor David Arquette and his attempt to redeem the mistakes of his past.
A schoolteacher with a sketchy past and his family get thrown into a twist-filled thrill-ride that really delivers in Coming Home in the Dark.
1st Year Checking director Michael Messner takes the viewer on a journey through the eyes of a 12-year-old hockey player and all the complications that befall them in their supposedly innocent sport.
After the band Sparks’ two previous failed attempts to make a musical film, first with Italian slapstick actor Jacques Tati, then with Tim Burton, the third time is the charm in French filmmaker Leos Carax’s Annette.
Although Edson Oda’s Nine Days features a good concept about existentialism and the decisions we make in life, the final product isn’t as good as the concepts it tackles and ends up leaving a pretentious aftertaste.
Come Play is a horror film with profound themes, but its concept is too silly to be taken seriously.
Beckett starts quickly with thrills and a pulsing score, but as the mystery begins to unravel, it ends up being yet another thriller that copies Hitchcock’s North by Northwest (1959).
Free Guy uses a quippy concept of an open-world multiplayer video game combined with The Truman Show (1998) to try and deliver a witty and entertaining popcorn flick. Its charm fades away quickly, and it drags a lot in its second half; at least Jodie Comer is there to lift its low moments.
La Verónica (literally) centres on social media star and footballer’s wife Veronica (Mariana Di Girólamo), whose persistent efforts to procure a sponsorship deal is derailed by re-surfaced murder charges of their infant child from many years ago.
