Sight & Sound articles
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From the Magazine
It Chapter Two review: a pungently nostalgic pop-horror epic
Bill Skarsgård’s terrifying turn as Pennywise provides the real chills in this enjoyable sequel, which otherwise leans a little too heavily on jump scares and past glories, writes Lou Thomas.
Thursday 5 September 2019 -
Rialto review: Peter Mackie Burns finds a haven for two unlikely lovers
A Dublin docker’s midlife crisis drives him into the arms of a desperate teenage hustler in Peter Mackie Burns’ low-key drama about masculinity in crisis, writes Jamie Dunn.
Wednesday 4 September 2019 -
Joker review: Joaquin Phoenix’s alienated antihero is no laughing matter
Todd Phillips’s dark origin story for Batman’s nemesis soars past its troubling ideological confusion on a cascade of Scorsese references and a killer performance from Joaquin Phoenix, writes Christina Newland.
Sunday 1 September 2019 -
Marriage Story review: Noah Baumbach’s divorce tale has the rueful ring of truth
Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver play divorcing spouses struggling to take care of their son in Noah Baumbach’s reflective and occasionally devastating drama, writes Christina Newland.
Sunday 1 September 2019 -
From the Magazine
Seberg review: a breathless biopic of a star with a complex life
Kristen Stewart shines as Jean Seberg in this glamorised retelling of her short life, in particular her intrusive surveillance by the US government, writes Nick James.
Sunday 1 September 2019 -
The Perfect Candidate review: a political fable fuelled by optimism
Haifaa Al-Mansour’s winning story of a small-town doctor who finds herself standing for election relishes progressiveness and pizzazz in contemporary Saudi Arabia, writes John Bleasdale.
Sunday 1 September 2019 -
Venice Biennale Arte 2019: Ex-rated art for interesting times
Eve Gabereau on three standouts at this year ’s Biennale, from Cyprien Gaillard, Christian Marclay and Hito Steyerl.
Saturday 31 August 2019 -
Locarno 2019 report: films forged in fire
This year’s standout movie, Pedro Costa’s Vitalina Varela, seemed to set the tone for the rest of the festival, where low-budget but innovative and politically charged films found their place to shine, writes Kieron Corless.
Saturday 31 August 2019 -
Ad Astra review: Brad Pitt bestrides the stars, darkly
Pitt’s ice-cool astronaut crosses the cosmos in search of his lost father in James Gray’s spectrally majestic, obsessive space opera, finds Jessica Kiang.
Saturday 31 August 2019 -
Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another review: a gripping restoration drama
Jessica Sarah Rinland’s mesmerising new film uses a series of close-ups of hands to tell a powerful story about how natural resources are preserved and transformed, writes Laura Davis.
Saturday 31 August 2019
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