Hit Man (2023, dir. Richard Linklater) – BFI London Film Festival
A lowly professor is hired to go undercover as an assassin – and is really good at it…
The Royal Hotel (2023, dir. Kitty Green) – BFI London Film Festival
In Australia, a pair of back-packers take a job at a remote pub…
REVIEW: Reptile (2023, dir. Grant Singer)
Reptile is an unfortunate slog of a crime thriller that sticks so closely to the police procedural formula that it ends up doing nothing else that’s interesting for the entirety of its two-plus hour running time, which makes it rather dull and portentous to sit through.
REVIEW: The Lesson (2023, dir. Alice Troughton)
The Lesson is a handsomely made thriller with a slightly cheeky style by director Alice Troughton, and a collection of sharp performances from the likes of Richard E. Grant and Julie Delpy, but a script that thinks it’s cleverer than it is leaves the film less satisfying as a whole.
REVIEW: Accused (2023, dir. Philip Barantini)
Accused is a solid home invasion thriller that executes many of the familiar conventions extremely well thanks to director Philip Barantini’s heavily tense filmmaking, while the thoughtful script plays into relevant discussions surrounding online misinformation, especially those with hateful and dangerous agendas.