Movie reviews of Eric Hillis

The superficial storytelling means Mescal and Barrera never quite click as a screen couple, except when they're sharing a dancefloor, at which points the film erupts into life. Review

Savage calls on some classic childhood fears – the monster under the bed or in the closet, the thing that lurks in the shadows – and builds effective set-pieces around them. Review

This is very much a movie of vibes rather than plot, of sensuality rather than seriousness. Watch it on a sticky summer night for best effect. Review

It's credit to Cavalli's writing and Porcaroli's performance that the crazier Amanda behaves, the more we warm to her. Review

Sweeney is excellent in what are essentially dual roles: that of Winner and of the role of wide-eyed innocent Winner adopts before she's backed into a corner and forced to confess. Review

It's the very fact that Gravel is willing to present us with a flawed protagonist that makes it so easy to empathise with Julie, and it also highlights how the system forces those on the lowest rungs to climb over others. Review

Did Rodriguez employ some hypnotic powers of his own to convince everyone involved they were working on a good movie? Review

Technology may change, but thrillers always rely on a compelling villain and a twisty plot, both of which are very much present here. Review

Sisu employs old school filmmaking, filled with practical effects that go a long way to hammering home the visceral nature of combat. Review

If you want to see a master filmmaker making peace with the world as he prepares to leave it, Master Gardener should be top of your watch list. Review

If you like the movies of Ruben Ostlund, Quentin Dupieux, Peter Strickland and Yorgos Lanthimos, you should be able to get on board with this, though all of those filmmakers have managed to employ absurdism in a more accessible manner. Review

Le Bon's debut suggests great things to come. She's made a movie with a universal theme everyone can relate t0, but which feels intensely personal. Review

Cervera employs some clever compositions to generate the maximum amount of suspense. Review

Baisho is immensely watchable as Mishi, even though the character never does anything particularly dramatic beyond signing up for her own demise. Review

It's more interested in being a trashy erotic drama (albeit one with a curious lack of nudity) than an insightful look at a period in a poet's life. That said, as trashy erotic dramas go, it's rarely dull. Review

Hardwicke shoulders the bulk of the movie, appearing in every scene, and by the end we feel like we know Cian better than he might know himself. While given less screen time, Galligan is equally impactful... Review

The pagan energy of Pamfir transcends its conditional contexts and, in its final scenes especially, becomes a universal treatise on what it means to be a man. Review

Park is a sensation, the sort of presence that glues your eyes to the screen, the kind of woman you can't look away from. Review

It's hard to think of more troubling subject matter than Dalva's backstory, but Nicot has created a movie that is thoroughly charming. Review

After a few too many wheelies, Rodeo ends up on its arse, but there's an undeniable rush of adrenaline along the way. Review

It's a rather blandly written piece but Reed lends it a gravitas, his face betraying his confused feelings regarding the villainess. It's too easy to simply think of Reed as a drunken hellraiser today, but this is a reminder of just what a fine actor he was. Review

Watch The Three Musketeers with the sound off and it likely plays as a far more prestigious production than the bawdy romp its dialogue reduces it to. David Watkin's cinematography may not capture the action well, but his establishing shots are a thing of beauty. Review

Missing might be the first of these movies in which the characters are more interesting than the mystery. That's credit to the performances of Reid and de Almeida, who make for a sympathetic pair of unlikely damaged detectives. Review

The young protagonists of How to Blow Up a Pipeline may be misguided and motivated by the wrong reasons, but it's nice to see a heist whose proposed reward is something other than personal financial gain. Review