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Leslie Felperin

July 2024

  • A pair of softies under their stony-faced expressions … Wiesiek and Jola in The Pawnshop.

    The Pawnshop review – humour and humanity in Poland’s massive second hand shop

    Everyone is down on their luck in the biggest used-goods store in Silesia, but director Łukasz Kowalski finds beauty in many small acts of kindness
  • Stellan Skarsgård in What Remains. © CAA Media / Courtesy Everett Collection

    What Remains review – sky squid confounds Stellan Skarsgård in true-life Scandi noir

    Skarsgård and his son Gustaf sparkle in Ran Huang’s rarefied film, but can’t rescue this weirdly hallucinatory murder mystery from falling flat
  • Leontine, one of the participants in Younger.

    Younger review – rousing study of female athletes excelling in their 60s and beyond

    Inspiring women explain what motivates them to keep training, and how getting older can give them the competitive edge

June 2024

  • Amitabh Bachchan as Ashwatthama in Kalki 2898 AD.

    Kalki 2898 AD review – maximalist sci-fi epic mixes Mahabharata with Mad Max

  • John Cena, Juan Pablo Raba and Alison Brie in Freelance.

    Freelance review �� John Cena fun in kind of pulpy action-comedy Arnie used to make

  • The Last Breath.

    The Last Breath review – Julian Sands’s last film is solid shark-meets-shipwreck thriller

  • Shaina West in Jade.

    Jade review – big hair and high kicks from the new Foxy Brown

  • Deadland review – melancholy horror smuggles deep themes across the US-Mexico border

  • Unsung Hero review – real-life journey of Christian music migrants from Australia

  • Birthday Girl review – Trine Dyrholm superb in mother-daughter cruise ship rape drama

  • Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 review – mutant-bear slasher is back in the woods

  • Heart of an Oak review – 18 spectacular months in the life of an exquisite tree

  • The Prank review – silver screen legend Rita Moreno graces twisty high school comedy

  • The Girl in the Trunk review – claustrophobic car-boot kidnap thriller

May 2024

  • Sticking to western family values … The Present.

    The Present review – family grandfather clock comedy turns back time

  • String-section-forward … Jett Klyne in The Boy in the Woods.

    The Boy in the Woods review – boys’ own tale of Holocaust fugitive forced to fend for himself

  • Fanny Leander Bornedal and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever.

    Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever review – Danish morgue sequel returns from the dead

  • José Pérez López (left) in Vaychiletik.

    Vaychiletik review – beautifully-shot Mexican folk music study in the high arthouse style

  • The Image of You review – schlocky erotic thriller is ripe with naffness

  • Cold review – theatrically evocative folk-tale treatment of the pain of miscarriage

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