A personal journal of film and documentary reviews, and reviews of anything else that intrigues me.
Kane Parsons “Backrooms” (2026) Originally an Internet phenomenon that appeared on the imageboard website 4chan in 2019, and then branching into videogames and Youtube channels of…
French and French-language Films
Thierry Klifa, “The Richest Woman in the World” (2025) This film by Thierry Klifa is loosely based on the so-called Bettencourt Affair that held France in…
French and French-language Films
Rebecca Zlotowski, “Vie Privée” (“A Private Life”) (2026) Billed as a crime / mystery thriller, this film is best seen as a psychological character study revolving…
Italian and Italian-language Films
Simona Risi, “Hitler’s Big Fear – The Trial of Degenerate Art” (2026) Centred on a major exhibition of 20th-century German art held by the Musée National…
French and French-language Films
François Ozon, “L’Étranger” (2025) The third film adaptation of Albert Camus’s famous novel, and the first made in France – previous adaptations having been made in…
French and French-language Films, Northern European Films
Cédric Klapisch “La Venue de l’avenir” / “The Colours of Time” (2025) A derelict country house in Normandy, long abandoned by its last occupant, is an…
John Patton Ford, “How to Make a Killing” (2026) Inspired by and loosely based on the 1949 British crime comedy caper “Kind Hearts and Coronets’, notable…
British Films, North American Films
Nia DaCosta “28 Years later: The Bone Temple” (2025) At the end of the first film in this trilogy, we saw young Spike (Alfie Williams) being…
Brazilian Films, Portuguese-language Films
Kleber Mendonça Filho, “O Agente Secreto / The Secret Agent” (2025) Folks anticipating a fast-paced spy thriller might be disappointed to discover this film is actually…
Park Chanwook, “No Other Choice” (2025) Behind a convoluted plot in which a paper industry expert, unceremoniously retrenched after 25 years of giving his all to…