Film Review | Mug
Showing at this year’s edition of the Valletta Film Festival, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Mug is an incisive dressing-down of Polish society while also being a...
Film review | Solo: A Star Wars Story
Rescued from reshoot drama by Hollywood stalwart Ron Howard, the latest instalment in the Star Wars saga tells the tale of a young Han Solo at a fun clip, but with none of the...
Film review | Red Sparrow

Jennifer Lawrence gives it her all in this by turns pulpy and glum espionage thriller • 2/5

Jennifer Lawrence gives it her all in this by turns pulpy...

Film Review | Black Panther

We finally catch up with Marvel Studio’s game-changing – politically if not narratively – tale of T’Challa, the beleaguered new king of...

We finally catch up with Marvel Studio’s...

Film review | Annihilation

Alex Garland’s loose and challenging adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s cult novel is a jolting and refreshingly brainy slice of sci-fi horror that...

Alex Garland’s loose and challenging adaptation of...

Film review | The Shape of Water

While certainly among the more ‘polite’ entries in Guillermo del Toro’s otherwise sanguine and subversive takes on the politically-engaged...

While certainly among the more ‘polite’ entries...

At the Berlin International Film Festival • Dreaming of a kinder world

The Berlin International Film Festival is run on dreams, as TEODOR RELJIC finds out during a trip to the German capital where he celebrated the art of cinema...

The Berlin International Film Festival is run on dreams, as...

Film Review | Lady Bird

Written and directed by American indie cinema maven Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird is an honest, affecting and charming female-centric coming-of-age dramedy that...

Written and directed by American indie cinema maven Greta...

[WATCH] The Shape of Water dominates the Oscars

The 90th annual Academy Awards became a cry for inclusion, female empowerment,...

The 90th annual Academy Awards became a cry for inclusion,...

Film review | Phantom Thread

Phantom Thread is about many other things, including fashion, the creation of said fashion, the power dynamics involved in relationships and, most importantly,...

Phantom Thread is about many other things, including...

Film Review | Lover for a day

This dramedy about a father-daughter relationship in which both parties are either on the cusp or at the tail end of the romantic spectrum is about as...

This dramedy about a father-daughter relationship in which...

[WATCH] Hijack film shot in Malta premieres in Berlin festival

7 days in Entebbe which was partly shot in Malta in 2016 opens at the Berlin...

7 days in Entebbe which was partly shot in Malta in 2016...

Film review | The Clovefield Paradox

It’s a shame that Cloverfield Paradox does very little to live up to either the promise of its predecessors or the supposedly “bold” tactic...

It’s a shame that Cloverfield Paradox does very...

In need of a Bond movie... comparing Maltese cinema audiences to Rotten Tomatoes ratings

In 2015 Hollywood thrillers took the box office, but a year later Maltese cinemagoers dwindled by 4.4% and animated movies sold the popcorn at the cinemas

In 2015 Hollywood thrillers took the box office, but a year...

Actor John Mahoney, who played Frasier's Martin Crane, dies aged 77

The actor was best known for his role as Frasier and Niles Crane's...

The actor was best known for his role as Frasier and...

Film Review | A Futile and Stupid Gesture

A game cast transforms this uneven comedy-biopic into an impish and often...

A game cast transforms this uneven comedy-biopic into an...

Film Review | The Post

Steven Spielberg is back with another award-baiting historical drama – this time tackling freedom of the press in Nixon-era America • 3/5

Steven Spielberg is back with another award-baiting...

Film Review |Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Fire, fury, tears... and laughter make up the heady-and-hilarious concoction...

Fire, fury, tears... and laughter make up the...

Film Review | Molly's Game

This biopic of the real-life “Poker Princess” is rich pickings for the master of rapid-fire dialogue Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut, with a...

This biopic of the real-life “Poker Princess”...

Film review | Blade of the Immortal

Your film critic is currently in Rome... where even Netflix offers a richer selection of treats than what’s available locally. Alas... • 3/5 

Your film critic is currently in Rome... where even Netflix...