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Another entry into the growing female-directed revenge films, Promising Young Woman packs a hefty punch and offers something much more...

The opening sequence of Wonder Woman 1984 is astonishing. It firmly, emphatically puts the Wonder in Wonder Woman. It also effectively...

The opening sequence of Portrait of a Lady on Fire opens with a very defined and determined repositioning of the gaze. The scene, through...

Suicide Squad was one of the most disappointing films I've seen in recent years. I had high hopes going in. DC delivers an Avenger's...

The revenge film is one of cinema's most versatile and diverse forms. It spans most genres, and in recent years has become something of...

Misbehaviour tells the story of the beginning of the Women's Liberation Movement and their protest at the 1970 Miss World contest. It's...

EMMA. is uproariously fun, moving, delightful, and a genuinely uplifting experience. Adaptation of novels by classic writers such as Jane...

Christmas movies are hard to get right. They need to give you a perfect balance of schmaltz, joy, festivity, humour, and heartfelt...

Rocks opens with a group of young girls look out over a vista of London. They joke, tease, and are at ease with each other. With an...

There is always the appearance of an effortlessly cool aura that Sofia Coppola films exude and there is no better actor to embody that...

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is an assured, confident debut from director Marielle Heller, with an exceptional performance by Bel Powley

Clemency is a masterpiece that contains one of recent cinema's great performances and assured, brilliant direction from Chinonye Chukwu

Recently I've been on something of a journey of discovery with Agnes Varda, working my way through Artificial Eye's boxset. I've now seen...

The Old Guard has a number of things going for it; the premise is enticingly high-concept, the action is excellently conceived and...

"Perfect" was how Roger Ebert opened his review of Elaine May's brilliant, classic comedy A New Leaf. And that pretty much sums up this...

Kitty Green's masterful The Assistant is a quiet, understated masterpiece that could be easily dismissed by those not attuned to its...

The revenge film is an exhausted genre most often lacking in originality and nuance. When films like John Wick can build an entire...

Pitch Perfect 3 is a narrative mess. Completely unnecessary and yet brilliantly hilarious and a real feelgood film. Let's be honest. If...

2013's Frozen was a box office behemoth taking $1.3bn globally and becoming a beloved and iconic film for a generation of children (and...

Olga Preobrazhenskaya is probably the first female of Soviet Russia. She has a long career as both an actress and director, and most...