Screen Rats

F or the last decade, it seemed that Alexander Payne had lost his touch. After the critical success of Nebraska in 2013, the American director fell short with 2017’s …

S artre wrote that “Hell is other people” but I’ll be more specific: Hell is teenage girls. Whether you’ve been one, raised one, or merely survived an education among …

L eaning into his reputation as the director behind films that exist purely for your dad to fall asleep watching in his favourite armchair, George Clooney’s latest out…

A few minutes into David Ayer’s The Beekeeper, there’s a charming exchange between gruff retired secret agent Adam Clay (Jason Statham) and his landlady, sweet old la…

W e all know that social media is the main reason why public discourse has lost any sense of courtesy and diplomacy in the modern age. What Nicole Newnham’s documentar…

T ower Bridge. The chime of a bell. We see the back of a brunette woman’s head against a leaden sky, her hair tightly tucked in a bun. Then, her cobalt blue gown flaps…

Anton Bitel provides a look at six titles heading to streaming and physical media releases this month that you should add to the top of your viewing list. Lord of …

Y orgos Lanthimos’ canonisation as an exciting new voice in modern cinema was almost instantaneous when, back in 2009, his ingenious and provocative third feature, Dog…

F or many younger cinephiles, the films of Werner Herzog provide an ethereal gateway drug to the world of hardcore European art cinema. I say this not to denigrate the…

K ings Cross’ long-defunct Scala has been etched into legend by a tattooed and body-pierced coterie of cinephiles of a certain age. This is due to its innovative grind…

I f yesterday’s first half wasn’t enough, good news: we’ve got a belated Christmas gift in the form of the second half of our 2024 preview. Movies, now more than ever…