Nicolas Cage stars as a fictionalised version of himself in a tongue-in-cheek caper that breaks on the rocks of self awareness.
The Dropout review for Sight & Sound
A series about med-tech fraudster Elizabeth Holmes probes the magical thinking of transformative visions, confidence tricks and the American dream.
BFI Flare 2022 preview for Sight & Sound
London’s celebration of queer cinema returns to in-person screenings while keeping some of its online offering.
Great Freedom review for Sight & Sound
Sebastiane Meise’s film about gay incarceration in postwar Germany finds the value of holding and being held tight when it counts.
Minyan review for Sight & Sound
A portrait of Jewish and queer intergenerationality proposes collective agency as a version of hope.
Ellie and Abbie (and Abbie’s Dead Aunt) review for Sight & Sound
Monica Zanetti’s lesbian romance makes homophobia a historical issue, summoning a ghost of the queer past for high school advice.
Martyr review for Sight & Sound
A waterfront in Beirut is a place for escape and langurous pleasure in Mazen Khaled’s sensual exploration of male corporeality, both in life and in death
Derek Jarman exhibition preview for Sight & Sound
Two retrospective shows in Manchester and Southampton reveal the urgent timeliness of Jarman’s politics, art and life to Britain today.
December 2020 update
Hello. I hope you and your loved ones are keeping safe and well in the continuing weirdness. Here’s a round-up of a few things I’ve been up to that might be of interest. Something for the weekend: This Is Not a Dream streaming online Back in 2011, Gavin Butt and I made a feature […]
Unorthodox review for Sight & Sound
The Netflix series about a young Hassidic woman who breaks with her community asks who and what human lives are for.
