James Story

Challengers is a lust-filled romance of complex characters which makes for rewarding viewing and will quickly find its fans.

A well-rounded cast, powerful visuals, and a healthy amount of weirdness makes Love Lies Bleeding a hearty recommendation.

Monkey Man is a suitably exciting and violent vigilante film with a more filling and political message behind it than first seems.

Simple to a fault, Robots Dreams had me sighing and clock watching when I should have been falling in love with its characters.

A neat little package of a movie, Late Night with the Devil is comfortable horror that does its thing with gusto and nostalgic kicks.

Drive-Away Dolls is rough around the edges but packs tremendous laughs into a madcap crime story from the sillier side of the Coen catalogue.

Monster is a terrifically constructed film that balances three differing perspectives into a fulfilling and unified story.

Denis Villeneuve delivers another lucious instalment of his space saga adaptation, hopefully springboarding it towards an exciting conclusion.

Wim Wenders' portrait of everyday life is a cheerful, touching, and emotionally cleansing film for anyone in need of a 'good cry'.

Kaouther Ben Hania's documentary of a split family is a creatively engaging session of family therapy between radically different generations.

Kelly Reichardt creates a natural but testing picture of the creative world where even the smallest obstacles pose serious challenges.

Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley delight in a well-rounded portrait of everything wrong with the archaic vision of ‘Britishness’.