Jacob Heayes
Sundance 2019 – The Nightingale – Review
Jennifer Kent immediately established herself as a filmmaker to watch with The Babadook, her startling horror debut that delved into motherhood as much as it...
Sundance 2019 – Late Night – Review
For decades, late-night talk shows have consistently ruptured the cosy containment of the television set, establishing themselves as vessels for both entertainment and discourse....
Sundance 2019 – The Death of Dick Long – Review
Much like its provocatively frank title, there’s something beautifully minimalist about Daniel Scheinert’s black comedy The Death of Dick Long. Moving on from the...
Sundance 2019 – The Farewell – Review
Could lying ever be an act of love? This is the question that pulsates at the core of Lulu Wang's stirring new dramedy The Farewell,...
Review: Booksmart
There's fewer things more satisfying in film than a successful underdog story. Perhaps that's why I've fallen so head over heels for Booksmart in the days...
Under the Silver Lake – Review
Following up from his stylish horror homage It Follows, David Robert Mitchell has attempted to transition into the neo-noir space with his latest LA-set pastiche Under...
Alita: Battle Angel – Review
Like the cyborgs that inhabit its glossy, commercialised metropolis, Alita: Battle Angel often feels stitched together from a scrapheap of genres and concepts. Far from a...
Glass – Review
One doesn't need to look hard to notice that the cinematic landscape has evolved in the past couple of decades. Whilst Disney - and...
Tales around the campfire: The Anthology Film
With The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, the Coen Brothers have pushed the anthology film back into the awards sphere and popular conversation. It's notoriously a...
Director Spotlight: Yorgos Lanthimos
I will never forget the first time I watched Dogtooth. This feature – earning Lanthimos deserved recognition at both Cannes and the Academy Awards –...
