Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) Director: Ryan Coogler Screenwriters: Ryan Coogler, Joe Robert Cole Starring: Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Angela Bassett, Tenoch Huerta Mejía, Winston Duke, Florence Kasumba, Dominique Thorne, Michaela Coel, Martin Freeman When Chadwick Boseman’s unexpected death was announced on August 28, 2020, the film community and audiences worldwide grieved the … Read more

My Policeman (2022) Director: Michael Grandage Screenwriter: Ron Nyswaner Starring: Emma Corrin, Gina McKee, Harry Styles, Linus Roache, David Dawson, Rupert Everett After the widely discussed reaction to Harry Styles’ performance in Don’t Worry Darling, audiences approached Michael Grandage’s period drama My Policeman with mixed expectations. Based on Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel, the film examines … Read more

The Son (2022) Director: Florian Zeller Screenwriter: Christopher Hampton Starring: Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Anthony Hopkins Following the international success of The Father (2020), French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller returned to cinema with The Son, again collaborating with screenwriter Christopher Hampton to adapt Zeller’s own stage play “Le Fils.” While … Read more

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Director: Rian Johnson Screenwriter: Rian Johnson Starring: Daniel Craig, Dave Bautista, Edward Norton, Jessica Henwick, Kathryn Hahn, Kate Hudson, Janelle Monáe, Leslie Odom Jr Rian Johnson’s Knives Out was a major hit when it premiered in 2019, revitalizing the classic whodunnit for modern audiences. The film introduced Daniel … Read more

The Second World War has been a rich subject for filmmakers for decades, appearing in documentaries, sprawling epics and intimate dramas. Yet despite the abundance of war films, certain aspects—especially cinematic treatments of the Holocaust—were long underrepresented in mainstream Hollywood. The difficulty of portraying such horrors with the necessary respect and emotional clarity, combined with … Read more

She Said (2022) Director: Maria Schrader Screenwriter: Rebecca Lenkiewicz Starring: Carey Mulligan, Zoe Kazan, Patricia Clarkson, Andre Braugher, Samantha Morton, Jennifer Ehle, Angela Yeoh, Maren Heary, Tom Pelphrey, Adam Shapiro, Mike Houston Adapted from the 2019 book of the same name, Maria Schrader’s film She Said follows the investigative work of two New York Times … Read more

All Quiet on the Western Front (2022) Director: Edward Berger Screenwriters: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell Starring: Felix Krammerer, Albrecht Schuch, Daniel Brühl, Moritz Klaus, Adrian Grünewald, Aaron Hilmer, Edin Hasanovic, Devid Streisow, Andreas Döhler, Sebastian Hülk Erich Maria Remarque’s 1929 novel Im Westen nichts Neues—widely known in English as All Quiet on the … Read more

What L.A. Confidential Taught Me About Men I was ten the first time I realised I had never seen a man step in to protect a woman. The moment landed in the opening scene of Curtis Hanson’s 1997 neo-noir L.A. Confidential. Gruff cop Bud White, played by Russell Crowe, radios in a parole violation as … Read more

Beetlejuice (1988) Director: Tim Burton Screenwriters: Michael McDowell, Larry Wilson, Warren Skaaren Starring: Michael Keaton, Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Jeffrey Jones, Catherine O’Hara, Winona Ryder Beetlejuice is a singular film that blends horror, comedy and sharp social observation into a wildly imaginative cinematic experience. Released in 1988 and directed by Tim Burton, the movie remains … Read more

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Director: Don Siegel Screenwriters: Daniel Mainwaring Starring: Kevin McCarthy, Dana Wynter, Larry Gates, King Donovan, Carolyn Jones, Jean Willes, Ralph Dumke In the 1950s, American science fiction horror films began reflecting two dominant cultural anxieties. One was the fear of nuclear catastrophe, which produced the era’s giant-monster spectacles such … Read more