Nick Pinkerton

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From the Sight and Sound archive

Survival instincts: the cinema of Jaume Collet-Serra

In our September 2016 issue, Nick Pinkerton defended the work of the Spanish director, who had carved a successful niche in the US making high-quality, middle-budget genre pictures, including a jaw-droppingly entertaining shark attack thriller.

By Nick Pinkerton

Survival instincts: the cinema of Jaume Collet-Serra
Reviews

State Funeral observes a period of mourning for Stalin

By Nick Pinkerton

State Funeral observes a period of mourning for Stalin
From the Sight and Sound archive

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts

By James Bell, Tom Charity and others

Remake/remodel: 45 weird and wonderful alternative film cuts
Best of 2020

Bacurau is a tough and timeless Brazilian frontier western

By Nick Pinkerton

Bacurau is a tough and timeless Brazilian frontier western
Best of 2020

David Byrne’s American Utopia doesn’t burn down the house

By Nick Pinkerton

David Byrne’s American Utopia doesn’t burn down the house
Best of 2020

Richard Jewell explores how an unlikely hero loses his religion

By Nick Pinkerton

Richard Jewell explores how an unlikely hero loses his religion
From the Sight and Sound archive

Les bon temps rouler: rolling with Les Blank’s good-time movies

By Nick Pinkerton

Les bon temps rouler: rolling with Les Blank’s good-time movies
Best of 2020

About Endlessness takes Roy Andersson’s sad-sack sketches to the great beyond

By Nick Pinkerton

About Endlessness takes Roy Andersson’s sad-sack sketches to the great beyond
Lists

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex

By Ryan Gilbey, Nick James and others

Forgotten treasures of the multiplex
Reviews

Matthias & Maxime review: Xavier Dolan reflects on growing up, glibly

By Nick Pinkerton

Matthias & Maxime review: Xavier Dolan reflects on growing up, glibly
Reviews

The Wild Pear Tree review: Nuri Bilge Ceylan enters the dreams of a prodigal son

By Nick Pinkerton

The Wild Pear Tree review: Nuri Bilge Ceylan enters the dreams of a prodigal son
Reviews

Krabi, 2562 review: Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers slip and slide through the Holocene

By Nick Pinkerton

Krabi, 2562 review: Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers slip and slide through the Holocene
Reviews

Film of the week: Inside Out

By Nick Pinkerton

Film of the week: Inside Out
Reviews

The Public: Emilio Estevez’s all-too peaceful protest

By Nick Pinkerton

The Public: Emilio Estevez’s all-too peaceful protest
Reviews

Leviathan review: a wet and wild documentary like nothing you’ve seen (or felt)

By Nick Pinkerton

Leviathan review: a wet and wild documentary like nothing you’ve seen (or felt)
Reviews

Hello Blu-ray: Goodbye to Language

By Nick Pinkerton

Hello Blu-ray: Goodbye to Language
Reviews

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens review: J.J. Abrams brings her in safely

By Nick Pinkerton

Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens review: J.J. Abrams brings her in safely
Reviews

The Last Black Man in San Francisco review: a bloated portrait of a city in flux

By Nick Pinkerton

The Last Black Man in San Francisco review: a bloated portrait of a city in flux
Reviews

The Beach Bum review: Harmony Korine’s shaggy dog story of an endless summer

By Nick Pinkerton

The Beach Bum review: Harmony Korine’s shaggy dog story of an endless summer
Reviews

Werewolf review: labour-camp survivors confront the dogs of war in this grisly Nazi horror

By Nick Pinkerton

Werewolf review: labour-camp survivors confront the dogs of war in this grisly Nazi horror
Reviews

Men in Black: International review: don’t be deceived by this brand-management ruse

By Nick Pinkerton

Men in Black: International review: don’t be deceived by this brand-management ruse
Reviews

If Beale Street Could Talk review: a thwarted romance in slow-motion

By Nick Pinkerton

If Beale Street Could Talk review: a thwarted romance in slow-motion
Features

Southern Gothic

By Nick Pinkerton

Southern Gothic
Reviews

Film of the week: The Wolf of Wall Street

By Nick Pinkerton

Film of the week: The Wolf of Wall Street
Reviews

Green Book review: the little hoax that could

By Nick Pinkerton

Green Book review: the little hoax that could
Reviews

Film of the week: Roma reframes Alfonso Cuáron’s boyhood through the eyes of his family’s maid

By Nick Pinkerton

Film of the week: Roma reframes Alfonso Cuáron’s boyhood through the eyes of his family’s maid
Reviews

Mother! review: Darren Aronofsky’s symphony of domestic disquiet

By Nick Pinkerton

Mother! review: Darren Aronofsky’s symphony of domestic disquiet
Features

Burt Reynolds obituary: a blithe legend

By Nick Pinkerton

Burt Reynolds obituary: a blithe legend
Reviews

Christopher Robin review: now we are middle-aged

By Nick Pinkerton

Christopher Robin review: now we are middle-aged
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