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Fallen Leaves
The latest entry to Kaurismäki’s now quadrilogy of films chronicling working class Finnish life (after Shadows in Paradise,…
By Matthew McMillanMatthew McMillan
Published articles
Movie
Of an Age
Goran Stovelski’s debut feature, You Won’t Be Alone, which premiered at last year’s London Film Festival, was an…
By Matthew McMillan
Movie
Kokomo City
The prospect of a documentary elucidating the perspective of Black transgender sex workers may initially elicit prophesying visions…
By Matthew McMillan
Movie
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
A decade and a half after the fourth instalment of the epically successful Indiana Jones franchise polarised critics…
By Matthew McMillan
Cinema & TV
Wes Anderson – Asteroid City: Exhibition at 180 Studios
The release of a Wes Anderson film has increasingly outgrown mere cinephilic interest: it’s become a cultural event,…
By Matthew McMillan
Show
The Idol
Sam Levinson can be a frustratingly petulant filmmaker. Aside from the behemoth, cultural beacon that is Euphoria, his…
By Matthew McMillan
Cannes
Close Your Eyes (Cerrar los Ojos)
The output of Spanish director Víctor Erice has been sporadic over the course of his 50-year career. In…
By Matthew McMillan
Movie
Sisu
Sisu, according to the opening title card of its cinematic namesake, is an untranslatable Finnish word (at least…
By Matthew McMillan
Cannes
Kennedy
According to Anurag Kashyap, the director of the striking yet rather disorderly Hindi language Covid-cop thriller, Kennedy, his…
By Matthew McMillanCannes
Fallen Leaves
Immediately prior to the premiere of Fallen Leaves, Aki Kaurismäki’s red carpet walk was projected onto the screen…
By Matthew McMillan