With a career-best turn from Ethan Hawke, Paul Schrader's finest film in 30 years ably and brilliantly posits some very deep questions of faith, and demands its audience seek some answers.
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Scannain chats about Fire Fire with director Ben Wheatley and stars Armie Hammer, Sharlto Copley and Jack Reynor. Free Fire is in cinemas now.
Led by a never-better Portman, Jackie skillfully and wittily examines the weight of legacy and duty through the viewpoint of one remarkable woman.
Billy O'Brien's I Am Not A Serial Killer has a reverence for ‘80s horror, with grit and grue, and a self-assuredness that belies its relatively small scale.
Paul Thomas Anderson's typically deep and sharp script and direction are married to stunning performances to deliver an intoxicating probe of the cost of love.
With game performances and a deft directorial hand, Toni Erdmann is a testament to parental love and wisdom, and it's the funniest film of the year to boot.
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Despite a great cast and style to spare, Pablo Larraín’s Neruda is too playful and aloof to send the poet's work flying off the shelf.
Despite some laughs and the return of the original cast, T2 Trainspotting is too belated a follow-up to maintain the original film's energy or bite.
Though well made, Silence has too much to say, and thus gets in the way of its own themes and dilemmas. Philip looks at Martin Scorsese's latest feature.