Filmrecensies van Eric Hillis

Flight Risk is essentially a low budget variation of the old "the stewardess has to land the plane" disaster movie trope, with Madelyn given instructions by an improbably flirty pilot... Recensie

There are some wonderful visual moments, as you might expect, with a beautifully composed shot involving a model of the cruise ship passing an island that would have Wes Anderson fawning over its doll's house detail. Recensie

In its best moments Inheritance reminds us just how thrilling the espionage genre can be when a filmmaker takes it seriously. Recensie

For all its epic expanse, The Brutalist keeps us in its thrall thanks to the performances of Brody and Pearce. Recensie

Gatt fails to convince as a writer but impresses somewhat as a director, constantly finding new ways to visually enliven his film's barren setting, and the 35mm cinematography of Aurélien Marra captures the heat and dust of the location. Recensie

For all its attempts to tackle heavy themes, Wolf Man is ultimately just as silly as Joe Johnston's more faithful 2010 take. Recensie

Chalamet's portrayal is magnetic but the script never lets him be anything more than a mumbling enigma. Thankfully we have Dylan's songs to fill in the blanks, performed in a surprisingly convincing manner here by Chalamet. Recensie

The lack of technical creativity is somewhat disappointing but perhaps if Soderbergh had chosen to dazzle us with his camera moves we might have become too focussed on the spirit rather than the human drama it observes and so badly wishes to be a part of. Recensie

It's all a big mess, which is frustrating as there are moments that hint at the affecting look at the passage of time this might have been in the hands of a filmmaker more interested in humans than gadgets. Recensie

For at least its first half, Get Away is an amusing send-up of the tone deaf ignorance of Brits who naively decide to holiday in parts of the world once ravaged by their ancestors, oblivious to how their presence might be received by the natives. Recensie

Larrain, Knight and Jolie take us beyond the well manicured, stiff postured presentation of Callas to get to the heartbreaking turmoil that exists within her in these twilight days. Recensie

You get the sense Sharpe and Merlant are using their roles to audition for the next Bond movie - Sharpe flops but Merlant should have Barbara Broccoli sitting up and paying attention. Recensie

This comedy, with its sunny lighting and witty repartee, just might make you think about the Holocaust and its echoes in more profound ways than any well-intentioned black and white concentration camp drama. Recensie

Dickinson and Kidman have a scorching chemistry that sucks us into their thrilling relationship. Recensie

While the movie admittedly mostly features close-ups and wide shots of its players conversing, there is the occasional striking composition, most notably a late shot of a distraught Juno pleading with a statue of the Virgin Mary, an image that wouldn't be out of place in a Dreyer drama. Recensie

Eggers' Nosferatu is practically monochromatic in its lack of colour, as though its vampiric villain has sucked all the life from the print. Recensie

Even if we don't entirely believe the situations Almut and Tobias find themselves in, the palpable chemistry between Pugh and Garfield leaves us in no doubt that these two people belong together. Recensie

Murder! serves as an example of both Hitchcock's strengths and weaknesses, his interests and his dislikes. Recensie

With its patient storytelling, The Order resembles a product of a more mature era of Hollywood. Recensie

In its mix of two storytelling forms, Blackmail provides a fascinating look at how a top director negotiated what might have been a disastrous transition. Recensie

Carry-On ticks all the boxes of a Die Hard clone, but there's one key element that's disappointingly missing - the asshole. Recensie

What ensues is a cross between a 1930s screwball comedy and a "one crazy night" narrative in the manner of the Safdie brothers. Recensie

Much like the enigmatic young object of Lee's obsession, you may find Queer entrancing to gaze at, but you'll be frustrated by its emotional distance. Recensie

Though Hitchcock would really become the filmmaker we associate with his name in the sound era, there's enough in The Manxman to make you wonder what he might have delivered had the silent era carried on a little longer, as it clearly demonstrates that he had mastered the medium by that point. Recensie