There have been so many documentaries made about Muhammad Ali, you might think, what else is there left to say? Cassius X answers that by honing in on the pivotal years of Ali’s life, the development of his political consciousness and the fights which established him as a serious force in the boxing industry. That…
The Kings of the World is like a Cormac McCarthy novel, a man in a bad situation travels to a place where he thinks things will be better, but over the course of the journey, things get much worse. Ra is a young man who lives on the city streets with his friends, Nano, Sere…
In Plan 75, the Japanese government introduces a scheme to deal with the aging population, the titular Plan 75, which will allow citizens over the age of 75 to elect to die. The incentive is complete control of your end of life circumstances, top healthcare in a comfortable state-of-the-art hospital, full funeral costs covered, including…
Rose moves from the Ivory Coast to France with her sons Jean and Ernest. In some ways, this is a coming-of-age film for all three of them. Rose is very young when the family arrive in France in the late 80s. She moves in with her sister and her husband in a small flat in…
THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! I’m gonna have to use spoilers in this review because otherwise you won’t have any idea what I’m going on about. Stone Turtle is a rape-revenge horror with a time-loop structure. Be aware this film opens with an honour killing in its first scene, and gender-based violence is a theme throughout.…
Magical realism from France. Vicky is a wee girl living in a small town in the mountains. She adores her mother, but is disturbed when her father’s sister comes to stay, shattering their peace and reopening old wounds. What no one realises is Vicky has the ability to see the past, and in doing so…
I’ve seen Mia Goth in a bunch of horror films where she seemed good but the film was gash. Finally she gets a chance to shine in Pearl. Pearl is the prequel to X, which I wanted to see but haven’t yet seen, but since it comes first chronologically in the series, you can start…
Atmospheric survival horror set in the Stone Age. A small group is led by their patriarch to an island in search good hunting grounds, only to find it bare. Hanging on by a thread, their tiny campfire flickering in the vast sea of darkness, something begins to move in the shadows. What I really liked…
Nearly walked out of that. I so wanted to like that. Joseph Bologne’s life is so interesting, it would make such a good movie. It still would. It’s American, so you know it’s gonna obvious and heavy-handed as fuck, but Jesus, some of that was unwatchable. I’m gonna try and be fair and say what…
This film is toxic garbage. I’m not even gonna be nice about it. Just once I would love to see kink in film bare any resemblance to kink in real life. The plot is a hotel mogul fires his dominatrix. It does not go well. It hits all the tired out and egregious tropes, including:…