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: 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: The Blackening (2023, dir. Tim Story)
The Blackening is an amusing Black-led parody of slasher movies that offers some thoughtful and funny commentary on Black culture, which a game cast helps steer out of some hit-or-miss gags and some formulaic trappings.