Barnaby Turner

WHAT I LIKED: Robert Bresson's 'Pickpocket,' is about a thief (Martin LaSalle) who repeatedly convinces himself that his actions are totally acceptable. He argues to a Police Inspector that some people with exceptional skills should be exempt from... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: When a piece of art is deemed especially significant, it doesn't automatically mean it's going to be engaging. After all, there are some occasions when I've watched a classic film or listened to a classic album and, even if I can res... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Well would you look at that. Another music biopic everyone hates that I actually quite like. Sure, like most films of the genre, 'Back to Black,' tells its story completely chronologically, so it's hardly groundbreaking in its deliv... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Like the recent 'Past Lives,' Pablo Berger's new animation 'Robot Dreams,' is a beautifully honest film that rejects the idea of fate or destiny in favour of a story about the importance of finding and holding onto our meaningful rel... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: It would be possible to depict a modern-day American 'Civil War,' in many different ways, but Alex Garland's new film is simply devoted to translating the indiscriminate horror and insanity of war to its audience. That may be well-wo... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: When it comes to something as awful as genocide, it's very easy to think of the perpetrators as entirely inhuman. But in following the daily lives of an SS Officer and his family in their house just outside Auschwitz, Jonathan Glazer... Read the full review »