Akira - 30th Anniversary
It is nostalgic yet contemporary feeling, it is fast-paced yet divinely deep, it is colourful yet depressingly bleak, and its elements are that of fantasy yet are showcased with a sense of reality
The Witcher
A standard entry into the fantasy genre, the first season leaves much of the world unexplored and though it starts off slowly, it becomes much more interesting as the episodes progress away from world-building and focus on the characters
I Lost My Body (J'ai perdu mon corps)
A piece that is bold and experimental, creating a compelling and emotional tale unlike anything else to come out this year
Cats
Every viewer of Cats has to make a choice: will they try to stay objective, keeping a mental distance from these horrifically rendered chimaeras with the mutated faces of some of the world’s most recognizable talent, or will they allow themselves to fall head-first down the rabbit hole
Tenet (Prologue)
If this is truly a taste of what will be seen next July, then it is clear that Tenet has the right pieces to become Christopher Nolan’s magnum opus
Rick and Morty - Season 4: Part One
In the first half of its fourth season, Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon’s comedically cerebral animated brainchild remains more committed than ever to this premise and by extension, the preservation of the status quo
Lucy in the Sky
Without Portman's outstanding talent, Noah Hawley's directorial debut befalls a cruel fate of avant-garde absurdity
Parasite: The Monumental Rise of a Modern Masterpiece
Since its release, Parasite has continued to prove itself to be a widespread and vital cultural phenomenon. Jasim Perales takes a deeper look into the modern masterpiece
Uncut Gems
“The Safdie Brothers prove once again that they are directors unmatched with Uncut Gems”
The Nightingale
Kent follows up her directorial debut, The Babadook, with a daring and harrowing examination of colonialism and abuse during 18th century Tasmania that proves itself to be a confronting, yet tricky film to watch
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Rise of Skywalker is a chaotic disappointment, from its incongruous start to its fumbled and laborious finish
Abominable
Abdominable maintains the dull and generic Western ideals that cause far more issues and concerns than complaints of being an unoriginal and dull affair
Zombi Child
Bertrand Bonello's Zombi Child is the quintessential metaphorical representation of both eating too much than one can swallow, and starving itself to the point of death
Paradise Hills
Alice Waddington's directorial debut and feministic science-fiction mystery, Paradise Hills, is one covered in societal and gender politics wrapped around a plot that is something in the middle of Lost meets The Stepford Wives.
Black Christmas
A disappointing and lifeless entity that has a profound and engaging conversation on socially conscious feminism and rape culture but unfortunately underwhelms the film’s main attraction of spills and chills
Dr Stone (Dokutaa Sutoon) - Season 1
For what the first season presentation of itself, TMS Entertainment have managed to adapt Dr Stone into a beautiful and poignant show
Alien - 40th Anniversary
There are very few movies in cinematic history that can claim their significant position in all of the genres and style of filmmaking that it takes part in. Ridley Scott's 1979 seminal classic Alien is one of them
Animals
An enlightening, profoundly honest and wonderfully entertaining story about growing up in the intensity of expectation and gender politics with a heartwarming and dynamic twist
Watchmen - Episode 9: See How They Fly
HBO's revitalised and rebooted 2019 Watchmen series has finally come to a much-anticipated close in an underwhelming and flat dud of an evasive clima
Gone with the Wind - 80th Anniversary
Gone With The Wind is beautiful, melodious, heartbreaking and, all things considered, one of the best of all time. While simultaneously being a tone-deaf and racially poisonous