Private Theatre

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsJune 1, 2014

Private Theatre: Mister John

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon extols the virtues of ‘Mister John’, one of the finest British films of recent years.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMay 19, 2014

Private Theatre: Bleak Night

By Christine Jin

Film critic Christine Jin writes on one of her favourite Korean films of the past few years.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMay 10, 2014

Private Theatre: Unforgiven

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon revisits Clint Eastwood’s classic 1992 Western to find it still retains its power.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMay 8, 2014

Private Theatre: Enemy

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon was surprised to find himself having fun with Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Enemy’, and his double feels the same way.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMay 3, 2014

Private Theatre: Joe

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon is less than impressed with David Gordon Green’s alleged return to form.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsMay 1, 2014

Private Theatre: Blind Detective

By Chuck Williamson

Film critic Chuck Williamson writes on Johnnie To’s genre-spanning ‘Blind Detective’.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsApril 27, 2014

Private Theatre: Woman in the Dunes

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon writes on Hiroshi Teshigaharaâ€™s existential 1964 classic Woman in the Dunes.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsApril 23, 2014

Private Theatre: The Color Wheel

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon writes on Alex Ross Perryâ€™s blackly comic, uniquely affecting road movie ‘The Color Wheel’.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsApril 19, 2014

Private Theatre: Snowpiercer

By Tom Nixon

Senior film critic Tom Nixon reviews Bong Joon-Ho’s much-anticipated dystopian thriller ‘Snowpiercer’.

Arts & Culture, Film, The CriticsApril 12, 2014

Private Theatre: Heavenly Creatures

By Christine Jin

Contributing editor Christine Jin writes that Peter Jackson’s ‘Heavenly Creatures’ provided a non-judgmental account of events otherwise distorted by media bias.

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