Posts by Lou Thomas

Peter Finth’s chilly Arctic drama features some stunning scenery but ultimately proves an underwhelming watch.

The Outfit – first-look review

Screenwriter Graham Moore turns his hand to directing with this sartorial spy thriller starring Mark Rylance.

Bull

Neil Maskell is a man on a mission in writer/director Paul Andrew Williams’ furious and formulaic revenge thriller.

Oasis Knebworth 1996

The inside story of one of the great concerts in British rock ’n’ roll history is a welcome dose of ’90s nostalgia.

Shorta

This slick crime-thriller sees civil unrest spill over on the streets of Copenhagen as the boys in blue lose control.

Jungle Cruise

Expectations be damned: Disney’s riverboat caper is one of the year’s most purely pleasurable motion pictures.

Nobody

Bob Odenkirk turns action hero in this effective beat ’em up from John Wick writer Derek Kolstad.

Dinner in America

Punk provocateur Adam Rehmeier surveys America’s putrefying suburbs in this unconventional coming-of-ager.

Ted K – first-look review

Sharlto Copley stars as the Unabomber Ted Kaczynski in this so-so chronicle of the notorious terrorist.

Savage

This violent gangland drama from writer/director Sam Kelly exposes toxic masculinity in New Zealand.

Time to Hunt – first look review

Yoon Sung-hyun offers a fatalistic glimpse of a near-future South Korea in this anxiety-inducing crime thriller.

My Salinger Year – first look review

Margaret Qualley and Sigourney Weaver star in this understated literary drama, based on Joanna Rakoff’s memoir.

The Personal History of David Copperfield

Armando Iannucci trades satire for spirited period comedy in a Charles Dickens adaptation for the ages.

Meeting Gorbachev

The former president of the Soviet Union sits down to discuss his personal legacy and the current state of things.

Light of My Life

Casey Affleck directs and stars in this suspenseful post-pandemic wilderness saga.

Peter Strickland: ‘The Office was a big influence on me’

interviews In Conversation

The cult British writer/director discusses his surreal sartorial horror yarn, In Fabric.

Liam Gallagher: As It Was

The former Oasis frontman reflects on his life as a rock and roll star in this entertaining docu-profile.

Light of My Life – first look review

Casey Affleck directs this father-daughter survival drama set in a world without women.

Cold Pursuit

Liam Neeson plays a snowplow driver on the path of revenge in this frost-bitten action-comedy-thriller.

Ben Wheatley says British cinema is guilty of being “totally apolitical”

The director discusses tackling class and Brexit in his new film Happy New Year, Colin Burstead.

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Drew Goddard: ‘In dark times I find myself falling back on art’

interviews In Conversation

The American writer/director of Bad Times at the El Royale on his love of movies, music and fascination with the 1960s.

Anon

Hi-tech meets low morals in this timely sci-fi thriller starring Clive Owen and Amanda Seyfried.

Andrew Niccol: ‘There was no war for our privacy, we gave ourselves away’

interviews In Conversation

The writer/director of Gattaca and Anon offers his thoughts on the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

10 recent London realist films you should watch

Contemporary stories offering a diverse mix of authentic, recognisable London voices.

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