Matthew McMillan

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    Winners
    ★★★★★

    An ode to the power of cinema, the coherence, tenderness and soft impact of which...

    Matthew McMillan 13th March 2023
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    Pearl
    ★★★★★

    Ti West’s X was an enjoyable, efficiently functional pastiche of 1970s slasher classics, borrowing...

    Matthew McMillan 13th March 2023
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    I’m Fine (Thanks for Asking)
    ★★★★★

    It’s got the kind of title brazenly inflected with enough postmodernity to make...

    Matthew McMillan 3rd March 2023
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    The Offering
    ★★★★★

    The Offering takes its cue from a bygone era of supernatural horror, which emerged from...

    Matthew McMillan 27th February 2023
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    Broker
    ★★★★★

    Sentimentality is a dirty word when it comes to serious art about the human condition,...

    Matthew McMillan 20th February 2023
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    Blue Jean
    ★★★★★

    A deeply personal tale set against the backdrop of post-industrial Newcastle in its teething...

    Matthew McMillan 6th February 2023
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    Cinema & Tv
    “It was made out of love for animals and nature”: Jerzy Skolimowski on EO

    EO’s power comes from its exploration of...

    Matthew McMillan 3rd February 2023
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    She Is Love
    ★★★★★

    Remarkably, She Is Love marks director Jamie Adams’s 10th feature in eight years. Far from...

    Matthew McMillan 30th January 2023
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    Saint Omer
    ★★★★★

    Alice Diop’s career has thus far been concerned with the non-fiction storytelling medium of...

    Matthew McMillan 30th January 2023
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    Unwelcome
    ★★★★★

    According to director Jon Wright, Unwelcome amounts to the meeting place of Gremlins and Straw...

    Matthew McMillan 26th January 2023