Thriller, satire, and family saga, Succession will get you hopelessly hooked
Paul Casserly raves about Succession with season two about to stream on NEON.
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Sally4Ever and the loathsomely toxic comedy brilliance of Julia Davis
Paul Casserly on Julia Davis’ career, creator of some of the best worst people of all time
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The Front Runner’s political scandal boasts as much deep denial as Jami-Lee Ross
Though Gary Hart had some actual vision and a famously lovely head of hair.
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The Death of Stalin review: a ripe setting for a truly killer cast
Iannucci has taken the template he honed to perfection in his political satires The Thick of It, In The Loop and Veep and applied it here to…
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Molly’s Game review: I nearly walked out
Theory: Sorkin’s scattergun soap stylings need the restraint of an outside voice, a Lennon to his McCartney, a Danny Boyle to his…
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Review: Gary Oldman Shines Many Shades of Brilliant in ‘Darkest Hour’
We see Churchill the grump, the great orator, the charming old bulldog, the sozzled superhero.
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Review: Despite Leaden Direction, ‘Professor Marston’ is Utterly Fascinating
Feminism, fetishism, free love and good old fashioned family dysfunction make for an ambitious undertaking, one which the film ultimately…
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Review: Only Fans of Golf Will Truly Love ‘Tommy’s Honour’
A golf movie. Not words that should really belong together, but let’s not get stuck on that bit of rough. What we have here is a historical…
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Review: Brian Cox Gives Good Churchill in ‘Churchill’
Brian Cox gives good Churchill. He has the acting chops, he has the body shape, and he really knows how pull that bulldog face. He has jowls…
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Review: ‘Meat’ Should Be Seen By Every NZer, Carnivore & Vegetarian Alike
“Let’s watch a film about meat and chill.” A hard sell as a date movie perhaps but Meat is full of surprises. What I can promise is that you…
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Review: ‘Denial’ – the Story of an Historical Troll & Intellectual Bully
How do you make a film with the Holocaust at its heart without hammering the viewer with all that weight and solemnity? Get David Hare to…
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Review: ‘The Salesman’ Holds the Tension So Tight, You Might Crack
The Salesman gets underway with an unsettling seismic event. Is it an earthquake or a bomb? The apartment building where married couple Emad…
