Hala
Hala is a piece of specifically South Asian representation, showing promising signs for more Pakistani, Indian, Bengali, Sri Lankan and more stories to be told, because brown girls deserve to see themselves in film
The Gentlemen
Guy Ritchie's The Gentlemen puts the acclaimed director back on track to his not too distant glory days of Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch
Diego Andaluz's BEST OF 2019
Paul Price's BEST OF 2019
Jasim Perales's BEST OF 2019
Bombshell
An eye-opening and memorable look into one of the first major successes of the #MeToo movement
Alina Fauld's BEST OF 2019
Owen Hiscock's BEST OF 2019
Hoshiai no sora (Stars Align) - Season 1
Suffice to say that one could not praise the show enough for how it uses its limitations as its strength to create something masterful
Sumer Singh's BEST OF 2019
You - Season 2
You asks the viewer to question how far their empathy goes, to the victims or to the love-obsessed killer, crafting quite the profound character study throughout for a compelling impact.
Jak-Luke Sharp's BEST OF 2019
Don't Let Go
Boasting a terrific premise but sticking to a somewhat conventional narrative, Don’t Let Go is an entertaining film that leaves much to be desired
Little Women
Greta Gerwig delivers on all the classic aspects of the novel while also modernizing the film to reflect today’s brand of feminism
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