Talent Elle Fanning

Close-up of a man singing and playing a guitar, with a microphone on his head and warm lighting.
Review

A Complete Unknown review – drips with hollow trivia

by David Jenkins

Timothée Chalamet plays music legend Bob Dylan in James Mangold’s latest, which appears totally unwilling to escape the vapid biopic formula.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Wavy blonde hair framing a serious expression.
Review

The Roads Not Taken

by Greg Wetherall

Javier Bardem and Elle Fanning star in writer/director Sally Potter’s meandering, miserablist drama.

4
Anticipation
1
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Three people in historical costumes in a lush green setting.
Review

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil

by Elena Lazic

Angelina Jolie and co are back is this muddled and misguided sequel to Disney’s inverted fairy tale.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Young woman in long brown dress, sitting on a gravestone and reading a book.
Review

Mary Shelley

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Elle Fanning’s central performance aside, there’s little to stir the blood in this biopic from Wadjda director Haifaa Al-Mansour.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two individuals, a man and a woman, singing into a microphone together on stage in a dimly lit setting. The woman has blonde, wavy hair and is wearing a sparkling outfit, while the man has dark hair and is wearing a black outfit.
Review

How to Talk to Girls at Parties

by Hannah Strong

John Cameron Mitchell returns to the director’s chair with a tale of teenage intergalactic romance.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a man and a woman, sitting at a wooden table in a kitchen with a turquoise-coloured stove in the background.
Review

20th Century Women

by Sophie Monks Kaufman

Annette Bening anchors this delightful, deeply personal comedy-drama from writer/director Mike Mills

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Man in hat and coat standing by wooden door.
Review

Live by Night

by David Jenkins

Ben Affleck directs and stars in this sprawling, ambitious and flawed east coast gangster epic.

3
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Close-up of a woman's face against a vibrant red background. She has striking blue eye makeup and is wearing a black sequined garment.
Review

The Neon Demon

by Adam Woodward

Elle Fanning bares her soul in Nicolas Winding Refn’s beautiful dark twisted fantasy.

5
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Two young women with reddish-brown hair sitting in a car
Review

Ginger & Rosa

by David Jenkins

Sally Potter returns with a jumbled but heartfelt examination of teenage death anxiety in ’60s London.

4
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman in a green jacket and a man in a black coat, walking together in a park with trees and fencing in the background.
Review

We Bought a Zoo

by Dan Stewart

The type of old-fashioned family entertainment that Generation Xers would’ve tossed their stale bong water at.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two young women sitting at a cluttered table, one with a pensive expression.
Review

Super 8

by Matt Glasby

JJ Abrams delivers big in this enthralling nostalgia trip to small-town USA circa the 1970s.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
Two people relaxing on sun loungers outdoors, with palm trees in the background.
Review

Somewhere

by Elliot V Kotek

Somewhere, curiously and unfortunately, seems destined to be quickly forgotten.

3
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect

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