Looking back at 2018 | The best and worst films of 2018
Our resident film critic Teodor Reljic sifts through a year’s worth of film reviews to pick the worst and best of the bunch
Film Review | Bahar Zmien (Of Time and the Sea)
Maltese-Australian filmmaker Peter Sant presents a beautifully shot and occasionally inspired experimental feature Baħar Żmien  (Of Time and the Sea)
Film review | Apostle

A departure for the Welsh director known for the superlative actioners The Raid 1 and 2, Apostle sees Gareth Evans delve into Wicker Man territory with mixed...

A departure for the Welsh director known for the...

Film Review | Venom

Gleefully free from the over-curated Marvel Studios rigmarole, this solo outing for the fan-favourite Spider-Man villain packs adolescent energy a welcome dose...

Gleefully free from the over-curated Marvel Studios...

Film Review | A Dysfunctional Cat

An Iranian-German co-production, screening tonight at Spazju Kreattiv, is a tender romantic drama placed in a unique context

An Iranian-German co-production, screening tonight at...

Film Review | Hold The Dark

The harsh Alaskan wilderness is the setting for Jeremy Saulnier’s latest slice of satisfying ultra-violence spiced with existential musing

The harsh Alaskan wilderness is the setting for Jeremy...

Film review | Cold War

Decorated Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski follows up the Oscar-winning Ida with this beguiling and subtle story of star-crossed lovers in post-war Europe

Decorated Polish director Pawel Pawlikowski follows up the...

Film Review | The Nun

The latest offshoot from the popular supernatural-horror ‘Conjuring Universe’ may push the right buttons to generate cheap and predictable frights,...

The latest offshoot from the popular supernatural-horror...

Film Review | The Predator

It may not display the most disciplined storytelling you’re likely to see, but as a showcase of action, gore and on-point humour it’s hard to beat

It may not display the most disciplined storytelling...

Film Review | Yardie

Actor Idris Elba’s directorial debut can certainly talk the talk as it evokes the jive-and-vibe of Jamaican community in 80s London, but that’s...

Actor Idris Elba’s directorial debut can certainly...

Film Review | Christopher Robin

A fictionalised reimagining of the original target audience for the Winnie the Pooh stories, Christopher Robin is a sweet enough confection once it cuts...

A fictionalised reimagining of the original target audience...

Film review | The Meg

It’s time to be slightly apprehensive of the water, as The Meg unleashes the full might of Jason Statham on the summer blockbuster public. Also a giant...

It’s time to be slightly apprehensive of the water,...

Film Review | Like Father

A reluctant father-daughter bonding exercise underpins Lauren Miller Rogen’s debut feature, a Netflix exclusive that should have been so more given the...

A reluctant father-daughter bonding exercise underpins...

Film review | Ant Man and The Wasp

Director Peyton Reed returns to the offbeat and minor Marvel Studios character in what feels like yet another refreshingly ‘minor’ but nonetheless...

Director Peyton Reed returns to the offbeat and minor...

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The politics of fantasy and the radical power of love

The true-story kidnapping and murder of a pre-teen boy by the mafia makes for...

The true-story kidnapping and murder of a pre-teen boy by...

Film review | The Incredibles 2

Brad Bird’s long-awaited sequel to the Pixar classic The Incredibles (2004) is a warm and welcome addition to an already-winning formula • 3.5/5

Brad Bird’s long-awaited sequel to the Pixar classic...

Film review | Mission Impossible: Fallout

The sixth edition of the Mission Impossible film franchise is a triumph of...

The sixth edition of the Mission Impossible film franchise...

Film review | The Happy Prince

Compromised by amateurish tics that betray all the markings of a directorial debut, Rupert Everett’s take on the last days of Oscar Wilde nonetheless...

Compromised by amateurish tics that betray all the markings...

Film Review | In The Fade

Turkish-German director Faith Akin uses the rise of the far-right in Germany as the key base material to construct a taut, compelling revenge...

Turkish-German director Faith Akin uses the rise of the...

Film review | Hereditary

Aster’s film is a prime example of horror’s ability to remind us how, beneath the veneer of what we put up, the truth will always plunge us into...

Aster’s film is a prime example of horror’s...