alex watkin

Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland is a film in which nothing happens and everything happens. The film finds its protagonist Fern (Frances McDormand) as a nomad and it ends with her still a nomad. There are no big dramatic set pieces in between, just small moments of Fern’s life as she...

Promising Young Woman directed by Emerald Fennel takes on the issues of sexual harassment and rape culture. These are issues that need more exposure and open discussion within mainstream discourses, however, Fennel’s film adds little new to the conversation....

I’m not deaf. I’m not a drummer. Yet, Darius Marder’s Sound of Metal feels like a film made for me and I know it will stick with me forever. The film is a character study about drummer Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed), who loses his hearing and is faced with...

The Russo brother’s Cherry is a bland film, which leaves you with very little....

Last year’s Parasite deservedly won best picture at the 2020 Academy Awards. At first glance this year’s Academy Awards nominee Minari appears to be cut from the same cloth, and it is therefore an exciting prospect....

The Drifters, directed by first-time director Benjamin Bond, is a romantic drama following young immigrants Fanny (Lucie Bourdeu) and Koffee (Jonathan Ajayi) who are looking for adventure in post-Brexit Britain....

Zack Snyder’s Justice League is an oddity. Snyder left the project originally due to family tragedy and Joss Whedon (director of Avengers, 2012) oversaw the completion of the theatrical version released in 2017. That version is a complete non-entity and was dead on arrival, with fans subsequently campaigning for...