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The end of the generation-defining Skywalker Saga is upon us with the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, and a final trailer has dropped that plays on the finality of this closing chapter in a story that has impacted the…

Following the colossal flop that was Ben Affleck’s stint as Batman, when it was announced that director Matt Reeves (War for the Planet of the Apes) was going to be helming a stand-alone trilogy beginning with a film entitled The Batman,…

Despite a varied career that boasts a catalogue of brilliant films like Raging Bull, Hugo, The Wolf of Wall Street and Silence, it’s no secret that Martin Scorsese and the gangster film are a match made in heaven. In his latest directorial…

With the likes of Moonlight and The Florida Project, it’s no secret that the indie film distributing colossus A24 is a fan of films set in the Sunshine State. Florida has a very particular aesthetic that always translates easily onto the…

When Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) surprisingly won the Oscar for Best Picture, it set the bar for films surrounding the concepts of family, parenthood, marriage and divorce. With his latest family-focused drama Marriage Story, writer/director…

Writer/director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) is known for his unapologetic, silly, deadpan style of humour that has become a hallmark of his films and created an original voice in cinema. His latest outing, the ‘anti-hate satire’ Jojo…

Truly original films are hard to come by these days, so for writer/director Robert Eggers (The Witch) to make a film like The Lighthouse, a black and white, horror/psychological thriller/comedy is certainly a step in the right direction,…

Undoubtedly the most controversial film of the year, Todd Phillip’s Joker has finally opened in cinemas after what can only be described as a media frenzy concerning the film’s themes and violent content. Far from any glossy, polished…

For those familiar with the work of Armando Iannucci, the Scottish writer/director who has given the world biting, foul-mouthed satire in the form of The Thick of It and The Death of Stalin, it might come as a bit of a surprise that his…

With everyone's favourite indie film distributor A24 already having potential Oscar-contenders like The Lighthouse, The Farewell, Midsommar and Waves on their books, it's easy to forget they also have the hotly anticipated Uncut Gems on the…

There was speculation at one time that the world may never get to see director James Gray’s (The Hunger Games, The Lost City of Z) sci-fi epic Ad Astra. Amidst the Disney/Fox merger and several pushbacks of the film’s release date, it…

To the majority of the regular audience, The Farewell, a film that heavily leans on director Lulu Wang’s Chinese heritage and upbringing, as well as being mostly spoken in Mandarin, may not sound like the most relatable of cinematic…

As the end of a generation-defining saga that has spanned over 40 years draws to its conclusion, fans have been eagerly awaiting new footage of the 9th entry in the Skywalker saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, set for release in…

After various speculation and scrutiny into the recently announced shortlist of actors in the running to play Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's currently untitled biopic…

Following the cataclysmic events of Avengers: Endgame, the physical and emotional weight on Spider-Man: Far From Home’s shoulders to round out the MCU’s third phase and lay the foundations for its future couldn’t be heavier. Fortunately,…