If anyone missed out on the hardback and fancies a more affordable copy of The Cinema of Yorgos Lanthimos, it is now available in paperback: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1501...

Having finally seen Poor Things I can say that while I greatly enjoyed it it probably won’t trouble my Lanthimos top 3. Lots of fun, gorgeous to look at, but more hollow than I expected and—despite some of its content—less daring than YL operating at his peak.

Well the new Sufjan is fucking sublime and made me cry.

Very excited to see this new edited collection on Eyes Wide Shut (co-edited by Nathan Abrams and Georgina Orgill) in the flesh, in which I have an industry-focused chapter on EWS as a late century “quality” blockbuster.

I try my best to resist hype trains, which I always find wholly unhelpful to enjoying films, but Past Lives really is astonishing—a masterclass in economical yet articulate, tender yet bruising filmmaking. Song is one to watch. Five full stars from me.