A twisty, winding story that keeps you guessing until the final denouement, Mr King is funny, uncomfortable and genuinely terrifying – everything you want from Inside No.9! Continue reading
Author Archives: Nick Bartlett
Inside No. 9 – 7.1 review: Merrily, Merrily
Inside No. 9 has returned… and so have our episode reviews! Kicking off with the uneven but poignant Merrily, Merrily Continue reading
![Make Way for Tomorrow Blu-ray review: Dir. Leo McCarey [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2022/04/image.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Make Way for Tomorrow Blu-ray review: Dir. Leo McCarey [Criterion Collection]")
Make Way for Tomorrow Blu-ray review: Dir. Leo McCarey [Criterion Collection]
Leo McCarey’s best film is a beautifully observed, quietly devastating family drama that still resonates today Continue reading
Cries and Whispers review: Dir. Ingmar Bergman (1973)
One of Ingmar Bergman’s most emotionally resonant and visually sumptuous films, Cries And Whispers has lost none of its power 50 years later… Continue reading
![Modern Times Blu-ray review: Dir. Charlie Chaplin [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/image-7.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Modern Times Blu-ray review: Dir. Charlie Chaplin [Criterion Collection]")
Modern Times Blu-ray review: Dir. Charlie Chaplin [Criterion Collection]
Chaplin’s most critically acclaimed films, viewed today Modern Times is more a film to be admired than laughed at. Continue reading
![Pale Flower Blu-ray review Dir: Masahiro Shinoda [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2022/03/image-1.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Pale Flower Blu-ray review Dir: Masahiro Shinoda [Criterion Collection]")
Pale Flower Blu-ray review Dir: Masahiro Shinoda [Criterion Collection]
Film Noir in the very best sense of the word, Pale Flower is a fatalistic, laconic and effortlessly cool film… Continue reading
Jules et Jim review: Dir. François Truffaut
One of the defining films of the French New Wave, it’s back in select UK cinemas now. Continue reading
![One Night In Miami Blu-ray review: Dir. Regina King [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/image-7.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "One Night In Miami Blu-ray review: Dir. Regina King [Criterion Collection]")
One Night In Miami Blu-ray review: Dir. Regina King [Criterion Collection]
One Night in Miami is out now from the Criterion Collection Continue reading
![Menace II Society Blu-ray review: Dir. Allen and Albert Hughes [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/image-2.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Menace II Society Blu-ray review: Dir. Allen and Albert Hughes [Criterion Collection]")
Menace II Society Blu-ray review: Dir. Allen and Albert Hughes [Criterion Collection]
A bold statement of intent from the Hughes brothers, Menace II Society isn’t subtle, but it perfectly captures the sense of self-righteous anger of the period, a mood that remains all too recognisable. Continue reading
![Le Samourai Blu-ray review: Dir. Jean Pierre Melville [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/image.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Le Samourai Blu-ray review: Dir. Jean Pierre Melville [Criterion Collection]")
Le Samourai Blu-ray review: Dir. Jean Pierre Melville [Criterion Collection]
Le Samourai is available now from the Criterion Collection Continue reading
![The Great Silence [Il Grande Silenzio] Blu-ray review: Dir. Sergio Corbucci [Masters of Cinema]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/51399361926_71bf923e6f_k-1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "The Great Silence [Il Grande Silenzio] Blu-ray review: Dir. Sergio Corbucci [Masters of Cinema]")
The Great Silence [Il Grande Silenzio] Blu-ray review: Dir. Sergio Corbucci [Masters of Cinema]
The greatest Spaghetti Western you haven’t heard of, The Great Silence is a beautifully bleak film, and one of the most influential of the genre. Continue reading
![La Dolce Vita Blu-ray review: Dir. Federico Fellini [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2021/10/image-3.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "La Dolce Vita Blu-ray review: Dir. Federico Fellini [Criterion Collection]")
La Dolce Vita Blu-ray review: Dir. Federico Fellini [Criterion Collection]
A beautifully shot, beguiling masterpiece. Continue reading
No Time to Die IMAX review: Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga (2021)
A nice wrap-up to Daniel Craig’s tenure as Bond, and one that delivers everything you could want from a 007 film. Continue reading
![Mr Klein Blu-ray review: Dir. Joseph Losey [Vintage World Cinema]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/image-2.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Mr Klein Blu-ray review: Dir. Joseph Losey [Vintage World Cinema]")
Mr Klein Blu-ray review: Dir. Joseph Losey [Vintage World Cinema]
Infused with a palpable sense of paranoia and feels just as relevant today, as it did upon release. Continue reading
![Deep Cover Blu-ray review: Dir. Bill Duke [Criterion Collection]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/image.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Deep Cover Blu-ray review: Dir. Bill Duke [Criterion Collection]")
Deep Cover Blu-ray review: Dir. Bill Duke [Criterion Collection]
This suffers and benefits from the period in which it was made. It’s a bit overwrought and old fashioned, but we’ll take this over the countless Tarantino imitators… Continue reading
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