On the Basis of Sex (2018)
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The real-life Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a hero of the movement to remove sexual discrimination from laws in the USA. In On the Basis of Sex, Felicity Jones dons a…
Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade is a crystallisation of female adolescent angst. Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) is sexually curious but unable to do anything about it. She seeks friendship but lacks the confidence…
The Ten Best Movies of 2018: Mark’s List
The theme that overarches 2018 for me is fragility. We were continually reminded that our strength, our independence as individuals, is temporary. As the protagonists of The Rider and Leave…
Roma (2018)
In Roma, writer/director Alfonso Cuarón(Children of Men, Gravity) has set out to make his masterpiece. He appears to have succeeded. This status is not just due to the gorgeous black…
The Children Act (2018)
In The Children Act, newly damed Emma Thompson is Fiona Maye, a British children’s court justice who presides over the most complicated of issues. We first see her intervening when…
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Joel and Ethan Coen’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is comprised of six short stories that deal with characters and settings you would find in the iconic ‘wild west’ of…
Outlaw King (2018)
What do you get when you throw together a talented director on the rise (David McKenzie), screenwriters of prestigious TV and big screen properties, David Fincher’s production designer and Paul…
The Old Man and the Gun (2018)
The Old Man and the Gun is Robert Redford’s final film, and in every way, this affectionate biopic of a 70-year-old bank robber is a homage to the legendary actor.…
July 22 (2018)
Oslo, Norway. It’s July 22, 2011. A lone terrorist takes a car full of explosives to the federal government building, sets it alight, then continues to a summer camp of…
Hold the Dark (2018)
Naturalist Russel Core (a soft-spoken Geoffrey Wright) comes to the dark and frosty Alaskan wilderness to hunt a wolf believed to have taken a grieving mother’s son. What he finds…