The Dissident
Brian Fogel’s latest documentary is a fantastic and vital piece of journalism, albeit one whose potency is dulled slightly by questionable presentation decisions.
Category: Reviews
Slalom
Charlène Favier’s debut feature is a perpetually unsettling and solidly-crafted abuse drama with a great central performance.
Music
Sia’s appalling vanity project is ableist, racist, inept garbage.
Baio – Dead Hand Control
Chris Baio’s third solo album is just fine even though it seems like the individual ingredients should add up to a more interesting record.
Joint Security Area (Blu-Ray)
The original Park Chan-wook breakthrough, whilst a touch ropier than the masterworks he would later create, gets a deserving remaster courtesy of Arrow Video.
Away
The soulful, powerful Away is more than just an undeniable artistic achievement. It’s also an excellent film.
So I’ve Been Playing Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time…
Toys for Bob’s hyper-faithful revival is simultaneously the best and worst Crash Bandicoot game in two decades. Which of those two is entirely dependent on how you play it.
Mogul Mowgli
Mogul Mowgli is a hypnotic, complicated, and often bold film only held back from true greatness by an abrupt resolution.
beabadoobee – Fake It Flowers
Fake It Flowers is a promising debut LP that nonetheless sees beabadoobee remain frustratingly on the cusp of greatness.
Schemers
For a film about a punk wheeler-dealer sensibility to music promotion and a climax centred around the chaos of organising a heavy metal show, Dave McLean’s Schemers has more in common with MOR.
