Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #25 (2022) 24 Jun 2022 In the Loop (2009): Armando Iannucci achieved the perfect three-seasons-and-a-movie run with Malcolm Tucker & co. In the Loop takes the fundamentals that The Thick of It defined, twists some…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #21-24 (2022) 17 Jun 2022 Top Gun: Maverick (2022): For all the rave reviews it's getting, TG2 starts out as a fairly unimaginative follow-up to the original - it works perfectly fine, but does not…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #19-20 (2022) 27 May 2022 Khorshid (2020): Iran has produced several memorable movies in recent years and Khorshid (aka Sun Children) is a worthy addition to the list. Telling a sad tale of exploitation, wherein young…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #18 (2022) 14 May 2022 Petrovy v grippe (2021): If the source material was an American novel, the first thing they'd say is that it's "unfilmable". Well, Kirill Serebrennikov has put together an unusual film,…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #16-17 (2022) 29 Apr 2022 Les Olympiades, Paris 13e (2021): Jacques Audiard's latest is three relationship stories that crisscross - sometimes to good effect, other times less convincingly. The movie has a very mellow, explorative…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #14-15 15 Apr 2022 Les intranquilles (2021): Joachim Lafosse has put together a movie that's not easy to endure - which is a compliment, in this case. Damien is an artist who lives together…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #13 (2022) 1 Apr 20221 Apr 2022 The Power of the Dog (2021): The "runner-up" to this year's Best Picture Oscar, the other Dog-titled movie this week is, in fact, pretty special. Jane Campion has put together…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #11-12 (2022) 25 Mar 2022 After Yang (2021): Kogonada's much expected follow-up to the excellent Columbus is an equally contemplative and beautiful movie. Set in the not-so-near but also not-so-distant future, a family has to…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #10 (2022) 12 Mar 2022 The Worst Person in the World (2021): Joachim Trier has finally provided a spiritual successor to one of my favourite movies, Reprise. This time, we are focused on Julie, a…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #7-9 (2022) 4 Mar 2022 Red Rocket (2021): Sean Baker has firmly established himself as one of the most interesting American directors of the last decade. His previous three movies had been exceptional (with Tangerine…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #5-6 (2022) 11 Feb 202211 Feb 2022 Luzzu (2021): In another directorial/writing debut, Alex Camilleri proposes a profoundly European movie - a tale of tradition, family and social policies. As the EU aims to repurpose Maltese fishermen…
Week In, Week Out Movies of the Week #4 (2022) 28 Jan 2022 West Side Story (2021): I had never seen the original before going to watch Stephen Spielberg's (?!) reinterpretation of the renowned musical. A riff on Romeo & Juliet, it tells…