Tag Archives: Call Me by Your Name

If the documentary is not worthy of the exquisite filmmaking on show in the clips, it’s an essential introduction to a Merchant Ivory Christmas.

Joyce Glasser reviews Merchant Ivory (December 6, 2024) Cert 12A, 111 minutes – in cinemas Stephen Soucy’s documentary Merchant Ivory is a basic and comprehensive, if uninspired portrait of the person ...

andrew 1058 views 0 likes Dec 6, 2024

Style 40, substance, love in Luca Guadagnino’s passionless tale of young flesh on the tennis courts.

Joyce Glasser reviews Challengers (April 26, 2024) Cert 15, 131 mins. In cinemas and on Amazon Seven years ago the Italian director Luca Guadagnino set our movie screens sizzling with Call Me By Your ...

andrew 1378 views 0 likes May 13, 2024

Wim Wenders beguiling portrait of a Japanese toilet cleaner is not quite perfect

Joyce Glasser reviews Perfect Days (February 23, 2024) Cert 12A, 124 mins. Thanks to cinema’s ability to cross borders, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest won a BAFTA for both the Best Foreign Lan ...

andrew 1190 views 0 likes Mar 11, 2024

Paddington Bear and Willy Wonka have a lot in common, including the talented Paul King. But it it’s not enough to sweeten this prequel

Joyce Glasser reviews Wonka (December 8, 2023) Cert PG, 116 mins. If anyone other than Paul King were behind this prequel to the 1971 and 2005 adaptations of Roald Dahl story Willy Wonka and the Choco ...

andrew 1346 views 0 likes Dec 20, 2023