Screen Rats

A fter four long years away from our screens, Ryan Gosling finally returns as a CIA operative who finds himself – you guessed it! – betrayed by the government after he…

“W hen you’re free to be, you can be magnificent”. This is the mantra guiding the transgender, luminous and wholly transfixing Donna Personna. Most known for being par…

T o be filed under “based on a true story”: twin sisters Jennifer and June Gibbons moved with their family to Haverfordwest, Wales in 1974, while they were still in th…

W e’re living in a golden age of musician biopics, at least in the sense that there sure are a lot of them. Whether the likes of Rocketman , Bohemian Rhapsody , or cur…

T here’s lightweight, there’s extremely lightweight, and then there’s The Railway Children Return, an undemanding teatime frolic following the country-bound monkeyshin…

O n 24 February 2022, after years of escalating aggression, Russia invaded Ukraine. This declaration of full-scale war has had swift and dire consequences: the destruc…

“A nother place in the universe, up under different stars: that’s where the ultimate destiny would come in.” So declared cosmic prophet and master of funk Sun Ra in th…

I sabel Sandoval is not only one of the greatest filmmakers working today, but one of the most formidable human beings. She is extremely versatile, empathetic, and cap…

I n the autumn of 2020, a trio of Italian filmmakers traversed their country to take the emotional and psychological temperature of Italian adolescents. Those who were…

A crowd-pleaser at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, Brian and Charles will perhaps test the patience of anyone with an allergy to all things twee. Harold and Maude me…

A fter a seven-year hiatus, David O. Russell — director of such recent works as American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, Joy , and Kentucky Fried Chicken’s “I Ate Th…