I’ll admit I know precious little about Thomas Mann, the central figure that looms large both within and over Paweł Pawlikowski’s gorgeous film Fatherland. But that doesn’t matter, as Pawlikowski and screenwriter Henk Handloegten care less about diving into the biographical elements of Mann’s story – in this case, his trip to a divided Germany in […]
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Digger Review
Tom Cruise is an actor who doesn’t need an introduction. He is arguably the last true movie star whose presence has been enough to sell a film. He takes one of his biggest gambles in a long time by playing against type in a climate change satire directed by the acclaimed Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González […]
Project Hail Mary Review
Project Hail Mary is a big-budget sci-fi film based on Andy Weir’s third novel, which sees the fate of Earth rest on Ryan Gosling’s shoulders. Dr. Ryland Grace (Gosling) awakes on a spacecraft with no memory about how he got there or what his mission is. Slowly, Grace’s memory comes back, and he remembers that […]
The Zone of Interest Review
The Zone of Interest is the fourth feature film from Jonathan Glazer, the man behind Sexy Beast and Under the Skin. With The Zone of Interest Glazer tackles the subject of the Holocaust. Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) is a senior SS officer whose family lives next to the walls of Auschwitz. He spends time with his family as well as managing the concentration […]




