Emma Street tries not to feel uncomfortable watching a bunch of French teenagers shag each other.
Where You’re Meant To Be
Folk tradition is challenged by a young pretender as Sheila Stewart and Aidan Moffat go head-to-head in Paul Fegan’s new documentary. Peter Morgan goes along for the ride.
Disguises du Cinema
Philip Concannon on a new biography of Eric Rohmer that attempts to penetrate the secrets of the intensely private New Wave director.
Embrace of the Serpent
Emma Street learns the way of the jungle in Ciro Guerra’s mesmerising new film.
Monoglot Movie Club: Local Films For Local People
Part of an occasional series in which Spank The Monkey travels to foreign countries, watches films in unfamiliar languages, and then complains about not understanding them. This episode: Dubai, May 2016.
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The Criterion Collection: Overlord
Paul Duane watches the latest release in the Criterion Collection: Stuart Cooper’s haunting 1975 war epic Overlord.
My Guild Went To Karazhan And All I Got Was This [Average Movie]
KittyKarate reviews an Unimpressively Multi-Audienced In-Cinema Screen-Watching Film.
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An Awfully Big Adventure
Another week, another classic movie from The Criterion Collection. This time, it’s one with a reputation as not only a modernist masterpiece but also a famously tough watch. Fiona Pleasance tackles Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1960 L’Avventura.
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Cannes 2016
Ron Swanson on the best – and some of the worst– of this year’s festival.
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