Sam Gray

Sam Gray

Chief Film Critic

Sam holds a degree in Film and Literature from the University of Warwick, and became a critic out of a desperate need to watch every film that has ever been made. On most days, you'll be able to find him in the dark corner of a Soho screening room, or chugging down coffees at a Leicester Square café, typing an impassioned defence of Tom Cruise's jawline. Follow him on Twitter @samgraay.

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    Movie review
    How to Talk to Girls at Parties
    ★★★★★

    In the movies, when aliens land on Earth, they must descend ...

    Sam Gray 8th May 2018
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    Film festivals
    You Were Never Really Here
    ★★★★★

    The ghost of Taxi Driver looms large ov...

    Sam Gray 13th October 2017
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    Film festivals
    The Florida Project
    ★★★★★

    There’ll be no better title sequence this year...

    Sam Gray 12th October 2017
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    Film festivals
    The Rider
    ★★★★★

    When you look at a culture from the outside, it can seem like...

    Sam Gray 11th October 2017
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    Film festivals
    24 Frames
    ★★★★★

    Abbas Kiarostami died last year, but his legacy will never be...

    Sam Gray 10th October 2017
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    Film festivals
    The Killing of a Sacred Deer
    ★★★★★

    The first image of Yorgos Lanthimosâ...

    Sam Gray 9th October 2017
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    Cannes
    A Prayer Before Dawn
    ★★★★★

    While the worlds of boxing and prison have sepa...

    Sam Gray 9th October 2017
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    Film festivals
    Promised Land
    ★★★★★

    There has yet to be a great film about Donald Trump. Per...

    Sam Gray 9th October 2017
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    Film festivals
    Redoubtable
    ★★★★★

    Why does Redoutable exist? Godard has always held sway ove...

    Sam Gray 4th October 2017
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    Film festivals
    L’Amant Double (The Double Lover)
    ★★★★★

    After a few attempts a...

    Sam Gray 4th October 2017