Filmrecensies van Eric Hillis

The performance of young Sentíes is astonishing. Recensie

As it is it's a merely serviceable horror-comedy that will probably function best as a means for horror fans to introduce their kids to the genre. Recensie

How this all ends is moot; it's about the time we get to spend with these two women, neither of whom are particularly remarkable, which makes their relationship all the more affecting. Like our mothers, Swinton and Hogg won’t be around forever. Cherish them while you can. Recensie

The trouble is, everything that's interesting about Saltburn, i.e. the subversion of the Servant/Teorema trope, is in our heads rather than on screen, as the movie's final act reveals that rather than subverting this convention it's simply repeating it. Recensie

Lost in the Night is never quite as tense or suspenseful as its premise might suggest, and Emiliano never really seems to be in any tangible jeopardy until very late on. Recensie

The catty frisson between Portman and Moore is enough to keep us superficially hooked, but we're left wondering if Haynes has bluffed an opportunity to interrogate one of the great taboos. Recensie

Thanksgiving does just enough to deliver on its premise, but despite some fun kills it feels like a missed opportunity to kick off a new slasher franchise. Recensie

Perhaps if he had been given more time to develop his script and figure out exactly what it is he wants to say here, Dream Scenario might have been more roundly satisfying. As it is, it's one of the year's most engaging and interesting movies for at least two thirds of its running time, but its lack of thematic precision feels like a missed opportunity to create a more lasting impression. Recensie

Despite that bleakness, The Killer is a surprisingly humorous movie from a director not exactly known for making laugh riots. Recensie

They Wait in the Dark suffers from a couple of subpar supporting performances, but McGuire and Winkel excel as the cat and mouse pairing of Amy and Judith. Recensie

For all its visual flair and imaginativeness, The Jester suffers from a weak script that struggles at times to communicate its ideas, relying on characters speaking the film's themes out loud. Recensie

Ultimately this tedious drama is for masochists only. Recensie

Mixing laughs with bloody set-pieces and some genuine pathos, It's a Wonderful Knife is ideal viewing for that period between Halloween and Christmas, which for horror fans is quickly becoming the most wonderful time of the year. Recensie

Hüller's enigmatic performance keeps us guessing as to the nature of Sandra's guilt. Recensie

Buckley and Ahmed are so magnetic that we forget about the film's flaws every time they're on screen, whether they're basking in each other's presence or withering in their absence. Recensie

Her films portray men as predatory, regardless of whether they possess the power of a Harvey Weinstein or are lowly blue collar grunts. But she also dares to explore female complicity and refreshingly, she doesn't care if we like her female protagonists or not. After all, victims come in all personality types. Recensie

With a bit more thought Bottoms might have stood alongside the likes of Clueless and Mean Girls rather than simply satisfying itself with aiming digs at such movies. Recensie

Despite its limited means it's one of the most realistic depictions of the horrific conditions of trench warfare. Recensie

This being a New Zealand production, the creatures are of course designed by WETA. It's refreshing to see old school rubbery monsters in this era of Sharknado knockoffs and their awful CG, but the creature design is disappointingly generic. Recensie

The plight of the buffalo is very much secondary to that of its human (or inhuman) characters, none of whom are interesting enough for us to care about. Recensie

Like Charlotte Regan's Aftersun, in which a possibly suicidal father tries to keep it together while on holiday with his daughter, Molly Manning Walker's debut How to Have Sex similarly explores the horrors of enduring forced fun. Recensie

Like Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, The Land Within asks us to identify the wolves in the picture. But in Europe's conflicts, where the enemy in your rifle scope might look like your brother, and indeed sometimes actually is a family member, such distinctions aren't always so easy to make. Recensie

With his melancholy hang-dog features and a face that almost seems like it would melt if he cried, Whitaker was born to play this character. Recensie

Warhol is an odd mix of strong and weak performances, and of subplots that are either left ambiguous or have their message rammed down the viewer's throat. Its slick visuals and Johnson's magnetic performance are its key selling points, but elsewhere it's a rough around the edges piece of filmmaking of the most annoyingly didactic kind. Recensie