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Film Review | Greta: Mining those predictable thrills

Though it certainly packs a suspenseful punch in its final act, Neil Jordan’s psychological thriller may be a pill too preposterous and silly to swallow for most

Film Review | Happy As Lazzaro: An insidious happiness

Alice Rohrwacher’s dissection of capitalist injustice is a cutting but strangely magical fable that resonates with deep righteousness

[WATCH] Maltese director says his prize-nominated film is 'something special'

Despite being proud of his final product, Winston Azzopardi said he had no hopes of winning at the UK National Film Awards

Despite being proud of his final product, Winston Azzopardi...

Film review | Captain Marvel: All hail the guiding star

The Marvel Cinematic Universe launches into its next phase with its first...

The Marvel Cinematic Universe launches into its next phase...

Film review | Destroyer: Redemption ain’t easy

Shot with a polish that’s overqualified for its B-movie provenance, and...

Shot with a polish that’s overqualified for its...

Building micro-stories out of Malta’s ‘Babylon of hatred’ | Maxime Durand

Independent filmmaker Maxime Durand speaks to MaltaToday about ‘Coming Soon’; his self-produced series of humorous shorts inspired by Malta’s...

Independent filmmaker Maxime Durand speaks to MaltaToday...

Russian Doll and Sex Education | High concept goes delectably bite-sized

Netflix lands a double-whammy with Sex Education and Russian Doll - eight-episode series that grip you with a perfect hook and deliver a zany journey

Netflix lands a double-whammy with Sex Education and...

Film Review | Velvet Buzzsaw: Yet another Netflix letdown

Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo re-unite with ‘Nightcrawler’...

Jake Gyllenhall and Rene Russo re-unite with...

Film review | The Favourite: When ambition and sadism go hand in hand

Greek weird-wunderkind Yorgos Lanthimos lands his most mainstream success yet...

Greek weird-wunderkind Yorgos Lanthimos lands his most...

Film Review | Colette: Lush but unsentimental

Keira Knightley is on top form in this biopic about the taboo-smashing titular...

Keira Knightley is on top form in this biopic about the...

Film review | Roma: The vibrating truth at the periphery

Alfonso Cuarón scores an understated triumph with this quiet,...

Alfonso Cuarón scores an understated triumph with...

Film review | Bird Box - No gazing into the abyss, kids

Susanne Bier’s perfunctory adaptation of Josh Malerman’s...

Susanne Bier’s perfunctory adaptation of Josh...

Looking back at 2018 | The best and worst films of 2018

Our resident film critic Teodor Reljic sifts through a year’s worth of...

Our resident film critic Teodor Reljic sifts through a...

Film Review | Bahar Zmien (Of Time and the Sea)

Maltese-Australian filmmaker Peter Sant presents a beautifully shot and...

Maltese-Australian filmmaker Peter Sant presents a...

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Oscillating between cumbersome world-building and symphonic pulp brilliance, James Wan’s orchestration of the latest salvo from DC’s ‘shared...

Oscillating between cumbersome world-building and symphonic...

Directed by Simon Godwin for the National Theatre and starring Ralph Fiennes and Sophie Okonedo as William Shakespeare’s doomed cross-continental lovers,...

Directed by Simon Godwin for the National Theatre and...

Film review | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

J.K. Rowling and David Yates continue to build the ‘Wizarding...

J.K. Rowling and David Yates continue to build the...

Film Review | The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Coen Brothers bring their barely-blemished cinematic record to the...

The Coen Brothers bring their barely-blemished cinematic...

Bernardo Bertolucci, 'Last tango in Paris' director, dies at 77

The award winning director, who received nine Oscars, passed away from cancer

The award winning director, who received nine Oscars,...

Matteo Garrone returns to Southern Italy in a dark fable about what happens when one pushes a meek dog groomer a bit too far. You won’t believe what...

Matteo Garrone returns to Southern Italy in a dark fable...