Hope
Korean writer-director Na Hong-jin’s gonzo sci-fi action comedy ‘Hope’ is a wild rollercoaster ride loaded with just enough famous names, lowbrow jokes and blood-splattered thrills to excuse its thin plot and cartoon characters.
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Author: Stephen Dalton
John Lennon: The Last Interview
Well crafted but inevitably low on surprises, director Steven Soderbergh’s controversial AI-enhanced documentary ‘John Lennon: The Last Interview’ is based on a familiar radio interview that the legendary ex-Beatle recorded just hours before his murder.
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Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Gillian Anderson stars as a veteran horror movie scream queen in Jane Schoenbrun’s third feature ‘Teenage Sex and Death in Camp Miasma’, an uneven but boldly ambitious celebration of vintage slasher films and their psychosexual undercurrents.
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Fatherland
Set in newly divided Germany at the start of the Cold War, Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski’s biographical literary drama ‘Fatherland’ is a visually stunning, superbly acted, minimalist masterpiece.
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