The Father
The Father is a brutal look at the effects of dementia, told in a superb manner structurally by Florian Zeller and helped to greatness by Anthony Hopkins
Promising Young Woman
On her debut feature, Emerald Fennell shows a terrific aesthetic touch
The Expanse - S05 E05: Down and Out
The Expanse maintains its consistently strong narrative progression in a table-setting hour.
Alaska Is a Drag
Alaska Is a Drag clearly has a good heart even if the craft isn’t quite there
Pieces of a Woman
Pieces of a Woman is a touching character study
Doctor Who - Revolution of the Daleks
An easy-going sci-fi adventure that certainly feels a notch above most of what has come in recent years
ClapperCast - Episode 32: 2021 in Film Preview
On Episode 32 of ClapperCast, the team previews the 2021 cinematic calendar and discuss what films they most look forward to seeing over the next year
Death to 2020
Death to 2020 is a feeble replacement for the usual end-of-year Charlie Brooker escapades
2020: The Year of a Much Needed Edit
In his editorial, CLAPPER’s Editor-In-Chief Jak-Luke Sharp uses The Godfather Coda as a platform to sum up 2020 and to look forth into the future.
The Croods: A New Age
The Croods: A New Age will do nothing to inspire or engage its audience
Sylvie’s Love
Eugene Ashe somehow manages to construct a movie that, despite its incessant familiarity, is immensely watchable
DAVID BYRNE’S AMERICAN UTOPIA: The American Experience of 2020
In his latest essay, Alexander Holmes deconstructs David Byrne’s American Utopia as a microcosm of the American experience in 2020.
We Can Be Heroes
Rodriguez may be known for his B-Movie style, but We Can Be Heroes really does devolve further than normal
Soul
Soul is the perfect antidote to the malaise of 2020.
ANOTHER ROUND: Hollywood’s Drinking Problem
In his latest essay, Ewan Gleadow contrasts Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round against the legacy of cliché in portraying alcoholism on screen.
Greenland
Surprisingly, the disaster action movie Greenland is not the typically expected Gerard Butler misfire that one has come to expect
ClapperCast - Episode 31: Soul & Wonder Woman 1984
On Episode 31 of ClapperCast, the team looks at Pixar’s Soul and Patty Jenkins’s Wonder Woman 1984
WE ARE WHO WE ARE: The Universal Dysfunction of Finding Our Identity
In his latest piece, Carson Timar looks at We Are Who We Are as a microcosm of anxieties and dysfunctions characterizing current times.
Mario Puzo's The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone
It is becoming a recurring trait of legendary auteur and cinematic pioneer Francis Ford Coppola to tinkle and modify his catalogue of greatest hits
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a muddled film