A Ghost Story (2017)

Hipster bullshit. Saw this at UPP with Steve. Establishes a post-Tree of Life environment of suburban peace through patient pacing and …

The Levelling (2017)

Being touted as Hope Dickson Leach’s feature directorial debut, but she’s already got a few short films under her belt. …

Get Out (2017)

It’s smart. The dynamics of racial tension operate on a few levels in Jordan Peele’s script, who has a great …

Halogen Continues (2017)

Sigurbjörn Þorgrímsson died six years ago; Trip have put out this retrospective comp. Aims to cover the idiosyncratic sweep of these …

Dunkirk (2017)

Christopher Nolan is getting better at writing beginnings. The hijacked aeroplane sequence is probably the best part of TDKR, while …

Toni Erdmann (2017)

A pretty uncomplicated story: Planes Trains, here cast as a melancholy clown-type dad impersonating a life-coach in an attempt to …

Black Origami (2017)

Opener ‘Black Origami’ skitters and bangs with cascading chimes, breathy female vocals, scarab percussion, sonorous bass. Some North African sounds …

Baby Driver (2017)

There’s plenty bad about this: for around the first hour most of the action feels like an advert (either for …

People Pleaser (2017)

This on Oren Ambarchi’s Black Truffle label. Jazz drummer does concrète and sandbox sampledelia. Sounds like an Olivia Tremor Control and …

The End Of Eddy (2017)

Édouard Louis’ autobiografictional phenomenon appears three years later in English translation by Michael Lucey. The moulting of an old self. An …