A reclusive, disillusioned Army veteran is prompted into action when his only friend goes missing on a down-at-heel council estate.
Its predictability shouldn’t distract from the enjoyment that the pure cinematic imagination behind the camera elicits. It is a movie of crises both moral and mortal, oozing with CGI, and thoroughly enjoyable.
2025 has just about wrapped, so we’re taking this time to celebrate the most inclusive films that came out this year. Graded on Gender, Race, LGBTQ, Disability, and more
In The Novelist's Film, Hong explores the meaningful things people share and inspire by virtue of simply engaging with one another.
Considering the runtime, I expected each scene to hit harder as opposed to a series of montages and vignettes.
Tran Quoc Bao succeeds in telling us a story about martial arts, human decay, and friendship. The originality shown by his filmmaking is admirable and brings fresh air to the classic Chinese martial arts genre.
