Our Hospitality

Director: John G. Blystone and Buster Keaton

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014341

Review: Bathes in its silliness with a constant stream of funny ideas and great sense of tension.

Watch it if: You want to see how good invention and humour can be timeless.

And if you liked: Three Ages, Airplane!

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Director: James Gunn

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6791350

Review: Carries immense emotional heft but wields the balance shakily leaving much of the film overshadowed by the previous harrowing section.

Watch it if: You can handle some fairly intense animal cruelty imagery.

And if you liked: Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Three Ages

Director: Edward F. Cline and Buster Keaton

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0014538

Review: Funny and compelling throughout with genuinely jaw dropping stunts and plenty of invention.

Watch it if: You want to see something that is one hundred years old.

And if you liked: Airplane!, Blazing Saddles

Interview with the Vampire

Director: Neil Jordan

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148

Review: Bizarre and meandering in ways that against all odds favour its lush and romantic tone.

Watch it if: You've somehow never seen it like I hadn't.

And if you liked: Perfume, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Angel Heart

Check this out: Interview with the Vampire

Yesterday

Director: Danny Boyle

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8079248

Review: Unsure of itself in so many ways that clash with other, causing more thought and attention to its flaws than the film can stand.

Watch it if: You're ticking off a list.

And if you liked: The Beatles

Beau is Afraid

Director: Ari Aster

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13521006

Review: Fully bizarre and fantasical in a funny and heartbreaking way that throws ideas at you constantly and keeps you guessing right until the end.

Watch it if: You have the patience to let something go where it wants to go.

And if you liked: Synecdoche, New York, Pinocchio, Brazil

Evil Dead Rise

Director: Lee Cronin

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13345606

Review: Never quite hits its gnarliness as much as it should or could but still brings plenty of good ideas and fun moments to the table.

Watch it if: You're ok with some blood.

And if you liked: Resident Evil, Evil Dead (2013), The Shining

Renfield

Director: Chris McKay

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11358390

Review: Fairly messy and broadly stroked but enough in there to make it worth a go.

Watch it if: You want something fun and silly if not particularly earthshaking.

And if you liked: Warm Bodies, Day Shift

The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Director: Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6718170

Review: Occasionally fairly thin but manages to be breezy and charming with a plot that zips along at a nice pace.

Watch it if: You can handle a handful of uninspired needle-drop choices.

And if you liked: The Lego Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Speed Racer

John Wick: Chapter 4

Director: Chad Stahelski

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366206

Review: Luxurious in its visuals with a real strength and sense of humour with its action and choreography.

Watch it if: You're into the craft of action and martial arts films.

And if you liked: John Wick, John Wick: Chapter 2, John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum, The Batman