Barnaby Turner

WHAT I LIKED: 'Minari,' is a beautiful and tragic film about a Korean man Jacob attempting to live out his ambition of owning an American farm in the 1980s. He and his family arrive in Arkansas and come face to face with the very different America... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Francis Lee's 'God's Own Country,' forced two gay characters together in the British countryside and had one slowly open up the other's closed-book emotions. His latest film 'Ammonite,' does virtually the same thing, only this time i... Read the full review »

Even the very release of Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021) Cut is a complicated beast. To some, it's an auteur filmmaker's vision void of studio meddling finally making its way to audiences after 2017's messy mixed bag. To others, it's the victo... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: 'Collateral,' is one of the most gripping and engaging thrillers I've ever seen, and in large part that's because - like with all Michael Mann films - the purpose of putting the characters through their paces is to unpick their fasci... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: 'Cape Fear,' - a horror remake about a defence lawyer (Nick Nolte) and his family being taunted and threatened by a convicted rapist (Robert De Niro) after his release from prison - is an anomoly in Scorsese's filmography for two rea... Read the full review »

WHAT I LIKED: Sometimes, at the limits of human ability and far from everyday life, Man v Nature movies force their characters to ask some pretty existential questions about the reason they put one foot in front of the other. Other times though, t... Read the full review »