In Florian Zeller’s second feature, The Son attempts to articulate the complexities of mental illness. The movie’s predecessor, The Father, perfectly summarises complicated familial relationships and dementia. However, Zeller’s new feature is an unfinished product that tackles the different perspectives of two characters while also trying to navigate a troubling…

It’s challenging to replicate the original designs of a comic book character in another medium. It’s a bold choice to make these decisions, but the outcome only matters if the character design doesn’t look generic and sticks to the original drawings. In the case of Amandine Fredon and Benjamin Massoubre’s…

Meta Akkus’ Make A Wish (Turkish: Bir Dilek Tut) is a tale of a young boy who uncovers the secret to make his wishes come true. The movie, which is aimed at a younger audience, explores the values and lessons about believing in themselves to achieve things far beyond their…

Netflix’s first movie of the year begins with a mutilated heart and a cold winter. Scott Cooper’s The Pale Blue Eye, starring his frequent collaborator Christian Bale, is set in the Hudson Valley, New York, in 1830. …

A perfect revenge story starts when the protagonist plans the best kind of revenge. In the case of Ahn Gil-ho’s The Glory (더 글로리), Moon Dong-eun (Song Hye-kyo) is left with only one solution: to torment her childhood bullies until they all break apart. The series, which is broken into…

In the misty mountains of Northern Vietnam, the Hmong people practise the tradition of “bride-kidnapping.” At the centre of Hà Lệ Diễm’s documentary, Children of the Mist follows a 12-year-old Di, who is abducted during the Lunar New Year celebration. She is one of many young girls who must take…

Benoit Blanc’s cinematic universe is getting bigger! Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (will be referred to as Glass Onion from this point onwards) is a sequel to 2019’s Knives Out, which features Daniel Craig as Benoit Black, the greatest detective in the world, solving a murder mystery…

Netflix’s new Korean drama, The Fabulous shows the glamour, the glitz and the fight to survive in the fashion industry. The series focuses on four friends, who dedicate their lives to the cutthroat industry and find support in each other. A series that explores friendships and rediscovers love is the…

Everyone remembers the first movie they watched at the cinema; the first movie that introduced them to the craft of filmmaking. There’s not a single person in history that didn’t watch a Steven Spielberg movie growing up. Remember the first time you watched Jurassic Park and felt marvelled by the…