Tuner is a perfectly tuned crime thriller that is a blessed mashup of a blisteringly tense, nail biting Safdie Brothers film and a expositionally minimalist, character focused thriller written by Taylor Sheridan; all while being a masterclass of sound design, a film that literally uses noise as an attack on the character and audience. The entire cast is fantastic, the direction is propulsive and the editing is a kinetic symphony that keeps the film feeling alive even in its quietest…

“If they decide to kill me, it means we’re incredibly strong.”

As someone who only really had a passing knowledge of who Alexei Navalny was, the events shown in this film were genuinely jaw dropping. It’s one of those things where you kind of knew it occurred in real life but you can’t believe anyone would actually do it. I mean a government sponsored assassination apparatus disguised as a sports drink factory is like something out of a cheap spy…

Chloe Zhao’s Hamnet is a beautifully painted adaption of Maggie O’Farrell’s spellbindingly gut wrenching novel on the origins of one of the greatest works of fiction ever written, with Zhao delivering a tribute that humanizes a historical figure who has been wrapped in reverence and mystery for centuries.

Paul Mescal was tasked with an astoundingly difficult role to play, yet despite that is the perfect counter weight this film needed with a confident gravitas of an actor several decades his…

Like any other PTA film, One Battle After Another requires multiple viewings before you’re able to really have any kind of firm opinion on it. Because of that I definitely need another watch, though another reason for that would be the screening I went to which wasn’t the most immersive experience. 

All that said, One Battle After Another is a fantastic cinematic experience from start to finish. Paul Thomas Anderson really went all out here regarding the action and tension,…