Jeffrey Wright
The Wizard of the Kremlin Review
The Wizard of the Kremlin Review: The Wizard of the Kremlin is directed by Olivier Assayas. Lovers of French cinema will know him from Clouds of Sils Maria (2014), Non-Fiction (2018) or Wasp Network (2019). Film lovers with long memories will recall his early indie hit, Irma Vep (1996). His work as a film critic, screenwriter and director has made him a familiar and recognisable part of the intern...
The Phoenician Scheme Review
I confess: Wes Anderson films have never really done it for me. His cinema feels more architectural than visceral—films that seem made by and for the art-world elite, keeping the viewer at arm’s length. There’s a “you can look, but you can’t touch” energy to them. Don’t get me wrong: I went to film school. I fell in love with cinematography. I understand and respect the cra...
The Batman Review
Much as when Spider-Man finally turned up in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Matt Reeves’ The Batman smartly eschews retreading the caped crusader’s origin story, assuming correctly that after 80 years, almost everyone turning up for a Batman movie understands the lay of the land. We know who Bruce Wayne (Robert Pattinson) is, and why he dresses up as a bat to fight crime in the oppressive urban he...
The French Dispatch Review
One of the most remarkable things about Wes Anderson is his ability to draw large crowds of millennials to an art deco cinema in Leederville on a school night for a film that hasn’t even come out yet. This feat is even more impressive when you consider the recent summation of an older filmmaker regarding this demographic and our “fucking cellphones” preventing us from wanting to go to the movies. ...
No Time To Die Review
British super spy, James Bond is back. NO TIME TO DIE is the 25th film of the Bond franchise produced by Eon Productions. Planning began back in 2016. The story follows on from SPECTRE (2015), however its beginnings thread back to CASINO ROYALE (2006). This is the final episode in the five-film arc of the Daniel Craig iteration of the Bond character. The story begins with Bond travelling through I...