Sight and Sound magazine
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Established in 1932. Published by the British Film Institute. Home of the once-a-decade Greatest Films of All Time poll.
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Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
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Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
On sale now, out on Monday
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
“I want a formally perfect film”
Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was murdered shortly before this article was published, spoke to S&S when we visited the set of the film in Mantua. He explained why being misunderstood was an intrinsic part of the work
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Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was murdered shortly before this article was published, spoke to S&S when we visited the set of the film in Mantua. He explained why being misunderstood was an intrinsic part of the work
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“I want a formally perfect film”: Pasolini on Salò
The director of the depraved masterpiece Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, who was murdered shortly before this article was published, spoke to Sight and Sound when we visited the set of the film in Man...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
“I want a formally perfect film”
Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was murdered shortly before this article was published, spoke to S&S when we visited the set of the film in Mantua. He explained why being misunderstood was an intrinsic part of the work
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Pier Paolo Pasolini, who was murdered shortly before this article was published, spoke to S&S when we visited the set of the film in Mantua. He explained why being misunderstood was an intrinsic part of the work
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Sleaford Mods’ vocalist Jason Williamson stars as a violent poacher with a grudge against local ravers in a solid debut that has a little drop of psychedelia in its scrumpy.
@annodracula.bsky.social reviews Game, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@annodracula.bsky.social reviews Game, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Game review: Tales from beyond the rave
Sleaford Mods’ vocalist Jason Williamson stars as a violent poacher with a grudge against local ravers in a solid debut that has a little drop of psychedelia in its scrumpy.
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November 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Sleaford Mods’ vocalist Jason Williamson stars as a violent poacher with a grudge against local ravers in a solid debut that has a little drop of psychedelia in its scrumpy.
@annodracula.bsky.social reviews Game, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@annodracula.bsky.social reviews Game, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Marion Cotillard’s impressive performance as a glacial screen diva is matched by newcomer Clara Pacini in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s coolly calibrated vision of The Snow Queen.
@leighsinger.bsky.social reviews The Ice Tower, out today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@leighsinger.bsky.social reviews The Ice Tower, out today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The Ice Tower review: Through the looking glass
Marion Cotillard’s impressive performance as a glacial screen diva is matched by newcomer Clara Pacini in Hadžihalilović’s coolly calibrated vision of The Snow Queen.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Marion Cotillard’s impressive performance as a glacial screen diva is matched by newcomer Clara Pacini in Lucile Hadžihalilović’s coolly calibrated vision of The Snow Queen.
@leighsinger.bsky.social reviews The Ice Tower, out today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@leighsinger.bsky.social reviews The Ice Tower, out today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
“Max Porter’s slender book, sharp-eyed in its treatment of bereavement, becomes an intense and oppressive battle between man and crow which yokes supernatural horror to mind-bending grief”
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The Thing with Feathers review: Crow business
Benedict Cumberbatch throws himself into the role of the newly widowed dad from Max Porter’s novella, but the presence of a menacing seven-foot Crow and excessive use of jump scares makes this meditat...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:52 PM
“Max Porter’s slender book, sharp-eyed in its treatment of bereavement, becomes an intense and oppressive battle between man and crow which yokes supernatural horror to mind-bending grief”
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“[Gerard Johnson is] the most underrated director currently working at the top of his game in Britain – his films home in on distinctly London strands of lowlife which are explored with hallucinatory vividness”
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Odyssey review: Enemy of the estate agent
Gerard Johnson delivers another violent journey through a distinctly London brand of low life with a film about an estate agent in debt to gangsters.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:07 PM
“[Gerard Johnson is] the most underrated director currently working at the top of his game in Britain – his films home in on distinctly London strands of lowlife which are explored with hallucinatory vividness”
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“Careful the things you say; children will listen. That’s the well-trodden and evocative theme of Shih-Ching Tsou’s solo debut feature”
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Left-Handed Girl review: the devil is in the digits
A five-year-old girl in Taipei becomes convinced the devil is working through her left hand in Shih-Ching Tsou’s debut feature, an electric family drama co-written and edited by Sean Baker.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Careful the things you say; children will listen. That’s the well-trodden and evocative theme of Shih-Ching Tsou’s solo debut feature”
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Edgar Wright’s faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel about a deadly cross-country chase TV gameshow is crammed with skilful action sequences, winking gags and a surprisingly topical strand of social commentary.
Kate Stables reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Kate Stables reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
The Running Man review: Killer ratings
Edgar Wright’s faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel about a deadly cross-country chase TV gameshow starring Glen Powell as fugitive Ben Richards is crammed with skilful action sequences, w...
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November 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Edgar Wright’s faithful adaptation of Stephen King’s 1982 novel about a deadly cross-country chase TV gameshow is crammed with skilful action sequences, winking gags and a surprisingly topical strand of social commentary.
Kate Stables reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Kate Stables reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
“Careful the things you say; children will listen. That’s the well-trodden and evocative theme of Shih-Ching Tsou’s solo debut feature”
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Left-Handed Girl review: the devil is in the digits
A five-year-old girl in Taipei becomes convinced the devil is working through her left hand in Shih-Ching Tsou’s debut feature, an electric family drama co-written and edited by Sean Baker.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
“Careful the things you say; children will listen. That’s the well-trodden and evocative theme of Shih-Ching Tsou’s solo debut feature”
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@brofromanother.bsky.social reviews Left-Handed Girl, in cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
“Above all, Train Dreams is the tale of the end of one era and the dawning of another, as the land of Emerson, Thoreau and Frost bleeds into that of Steinbeck, Evans and Agee.”
Catherine Wheatley reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Catherine Wheatley reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Train Dreams review: Ballad of a railroad man
Joel Edgerton gives a career-best performance as a travelling labourer in Clint Bentley’s extraordinary film about a period of extraordinary change in early 20th century America.
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November 11, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“Above all, Train Dreams is the tale of the end of one era and the dawning of another, as the land of Emerson, Thoreau and Frost bleeds into that of Steinbeck, Evans and Agee.”
Catherine Wheatley reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Catherine Wheatley reviews. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
With Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love out now, we revisit the director’s second feature Morvern Callar, a modern-day fairytale infused with music, magic and metamorphosis
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Escape artist: Lynne Ramsay’s Morvern Callar
As Die My Love hits UK cinemas this week, we revisit Lynne Ramsay's second feature Morvern Callar, a modern-day fairytale infused with music, magic and metamorphosis. From our October 2002 issue.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
With Lynne Ramsay’s Die My Love out now, we revisit the director’s second feature Morvern Callar, a modern-day fairytale infused with music, magic and metamorphosis
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“Daniel Day-Lewis throughout feels like glimpsing someone in public in the aftermath of a fight or a cry; he bristles with the real”
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Anemone. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Anemone. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Anemone review: Brothers grim
Daniel Day-Lewis brings potent realism to an otherwise uneven debut about a broken veteran, directed by the actor’s son Ronan Day-Lewis.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“Daniel Day-Lewis throughout feels like glimpsing someone in public in the aftermath of a fight or a cry; he bristles with the real”
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Anemone. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Anemone. Out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
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“When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
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We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
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Stephen King in conversation with Edgar Wright: “When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
In a bumper year for screen adaptations of Stephen King’s work, the director of The Running Man, a dystopian thriller about a bloodthirsty TV gameshow, talks to the author about media manipulation, th...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
“When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Stephen King in conversation with Edgar Wright: “When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
In a bumper year for screen adaptations of Stephen King’s work, the director of The Running Man, a dystopian thriller about a bloodthirsty TV gameshow, talks to the author about media manipulation, th...
www.bfi.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:43 PM
“When I wrote The Running Man, 2025 seemed so far in the future that I couldn’t even grasp it in my mind”
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
We bring together @stephenking.bsky.social and @edgarwright.bsky.social for an exclusive conversation, ahead of the release of Wright’s #RunningManMovie
www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
“Above all, Train Dreams is the tale of the end of one era and the dawning of another, as the land of Emerson, Thoreau and Frost bleeds into that of Steinbeck, Evans and Agee.”
Catherine Wheatley reviews. In cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Catherine Wheatley reviews. In cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Train Dreams review: Ballad of a railroad man
Joel Edgerton gives a career-best performance as a travelling labourer in Clint Bentley’s extraordinary film about a period of extraordinary change in early 20th century America.
www.bfi.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
“Above all, Train Dreams is the tale of the end of one era and the dawning of another, as the land of Emerson, Thoreau and Frost bleeds into that of Steinbeck, Evans and Agee.”
Catherine Wheatley reviews. In cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Catherine Wheatley reviews. In cinemas today. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
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Kinda love the impossible-to-love DIE MY LOVE
“The story is a thin, juddering downward spiral, told in the cinema of smithereens, with the energy of a bottle hurled at a mirror.”
@jessicakiang.bsky.social reviews Die My Love, out Friday. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@jessicakiang.bsky.social reviews Die My Love, out Friday. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Die My Love review: a ferocious film from Lynne Ramsay
The intense relationship between newlyweds Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson) drastically unravels after the birth of their baby in Lynne Ramsay’s ferociously maximalist psychodr...
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November 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Kinda love the impossible-to-love DIE MY LOVE
“The story is a thin, juddering downward spiral, told in the cinema of smithereens, with the energy of a bottle hurled at a mirror.”
@jessicakiang.bsky.social reviews Die My Love, out Friday. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@jessicakiang.bsky.social reviews Die My Love, out Friday. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Die My Love review: a ferocious film from Lynne Ramsay
The intense relationship between newlyweds Grace (Jennifer Lawrence) and Jackson (Robert Pattinson) drastically unravels after the birth of their baby in Lynne Ramsay’s ferociously maximalist psychodr...
www.bfi.org.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:35 AM
“The story is a thin, juddering downward spiral, told in the cinema of smithereens, with the energy of a bottle hurled at a mirror.”
@jessicakiang.bsky.social reviews Die My Love, out Friday. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
@jessicakiang.bsky.social reviews Die My Love, out Friday. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
“Palestine 36 addresses [Annemarie Jacir’s] trademark themes – identity, the weight of history – on a much larger scale, combining the conventions of classic period drama with a thorough unpacking of the geopolitical failures”
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Palestine 36 review: an engaging historical drama
Palestinian director Annemarie Jacir’s sweeping period film tackles a moment of profound change: the year 1936, when the Great Palestinian Revolt broke through the complacency of British rule.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“Palestine 36 addresses [Annemarie Jacir’s] trademark themes – identity, the weight of history – on a much larger scale, combining the conventions of classic period drama with a thorough unpacking of the geopolitical failures”
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Rachel Pronger reviews. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
CRITICAL THINKING: THE LAURA MULVEY INTERVIEW
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
CRITICAL THINKING: THE LAURA MULVEY INTERVIEW
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
Over half a century and around the globe, Laura Mulvey’s influence on thinking about film has been unparalleled. As she receives a BFI Fellowship, she talks to Sight and Sound about her career and her influences. By Isabel Stevens.
ONCE UPON A CRIME
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ONCE UPON A CRIME
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
Zodiac Killer Project director Charlie Shackleton and Predators director David Osit talk to Nick Bradshaw about their efforts to test the parameters of true-crime documentaries by interrogating the dangerous allure of the form itself
PINCH ME!
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
PINCH ME!
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
Harry Lighton’s electrifying feature debut Pillion explores the brutality and tenderness of a BDSM love affair. He talks about his conversion to cinephilia, steering clear of classic biker movies and the thrill of the film’s triumphant reception. By Jane Giles.
ENEMY OF THE STATE
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ENEMY OF THE STATE
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or-winning It Was Just an Accident feels like the dissident filmmaker’s most direct attack on the regime to date. He discusses underground filmmaking, his refusal to submit to oppression and the social movement transforming his country. By Jonathan Romney
SHOOT TO THRILL
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
SHOOT TO THRILL
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
Kathryn Bigelow’s A House of Dynamite, a tense political thriller hinging on the threat of nuclear annihilation, is the most compelling film of her career. She discusses her commitment to authenticity and her mid-career switch to journalistic realism. By Henry K. Miller
Out now!
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NEW ISSUE! 🧨
Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
On sale now, out on Monday
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
Action auteur Kathryn Bigelow on A House of Dynamite
+ Laura Mulvey, Jafar Panahi, Lynne Ramsay, Pillion, True Crime and more
On sale now, out on Monday
Get your copy: www.mmslondon.co.uk/shop/p/sight...
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Out now!
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Riz Ahmed stars as Ash, a go-between for corporate whistleblowers, in Justin Piasecki and David Mackenzie’s smart surveillance conspiracy.
Kim Newman reviews Relay, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Kim Newman reviews Relay, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Relay review: Riz Ahmed is an action hero enigma
Ahmed stars as Ash, a go-between for corporate whistleblowers, in Justin Piasecki and David Mackenzie’s smart surveillance conspiracy plot.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Riz Ahmed stars as Ash, a go-between for corporate whistleblowers, in Justin Piasecki and David Mackenzie’s smart surveillance conspiracy.
Kim Newman reviews Relay, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Kim Newman reviews Relay, out now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...