Film Editor at The Arts Desk. Editorial Associate at Cineaste. https://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3mitgg6vpqk2sFilm Forum in NYC tonight hosts the US premiere of "Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence", a documentary about the prolific Neapolitan director whose career was derailed in 1930. Here's my article on her. tinyurl.com/fjtrtnw5 https://tinyurl.com/fjtrtnw506 Apr 2026 14:00 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitgg6vpqk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3mfn62ujmoc2o"The Secret Agent" reminded me of "Close Your Eyes" and "One Battle After Another" more than "I'm Still Here". I reviewed it for The Arts Desk. tinyurl.com/7pfdz7sh24 Feb 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfn62ujmoc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3meerm4tz6c2dDirector Kristen Stewart's powerful first feature reviewed. tinyurl.com/4dcc75n908 Feb 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3meerm4tz6c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3mcgdl25s6c2jFor the new issue of Cineaste magazine, I've written an essay on how John Ford's celebrated Cavalry Trilogy invoked the Frontier Myth as a historical metaphor for national unity during the Cold War. These Westerns' justifying of "dirty tricks" to defeat Communism is a real eye-opener.15 Jan 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcgdl25s6c2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3mbc2ipuwbk2dMy top 10 films (UK) of 2025, not in order. Wishing everyone a safe and peaceful 2026. April The Ice Tower I’m Still Here It Was Just an Accident Misericordia One Battle After Another On Falling A Real Pain Sentimental Value Train Dreams31 Dec 2025 14:15 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbc2ipuwbk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3m7detm2gk22mJafar Panahi's shattering new film "It Was Just an Accident" led to his third imprisonment by Iran's authoritarian regime on Monday. I reviewed it for The Arts Desk. tinyurl.com/yc4y54hd06 Dec 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7detm2gk22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3m6cg37zg3s2kChill with Lucile Hadžihalilović’s mesmerising "The Ice Tower". shorturl.at/L4lBu23 Nov 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6cg37zg3s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3m254s7mwwc2u"One Battle After Another" is Paul Thomas Anderson's timeliest film yet. tinyurl.com/4mdxbf3m https://tinyurl.com/4mdxbf3m01 Oct 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3m254s7mwwc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lz5jvn45jk2rShoegazers of the World Unite: NewDad's NewDisc is an angsty dream-pop delight. https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-newdad-altar18 Sep 2025 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz5jvn45jk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lynkan7h4s2rI wrote an essay on Werner Herzog's "Aguirre, Wrath of God," newly released on a BFI 4K UHD and BFI Blu-ray. It's much more than a fever dream. https://www.bfi.org.uk/.../aguirre-wrath-god-real-history...12 Sep 2025 15:10 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lynkan7h4s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lwbpuxuam22sThe updated edition of my book of interviews with Ken Loach is published by Faber tomorrow. Adding to our earlier discussions of Loach's work from 1963 to 1998, it covers the 18 films he made from "My Name Is Joe" to "The Old Oak". Formidable.13 Aug 2025 11:28 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwbpuxuam22shttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lvxwsidlsk2wDepicting Corsican mob vendettas from a teenage girl's perspective, "The Kingdom" is one of the best films of the year. It's just opened in the UK. https://www.theartsdesk.com/film/kingdom-review-coming-age-body-count-rises09 Aug 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvxwsidlsk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lt5echlrxc2nIn Rebecca Lenkiewicz's thorny directorial debut, Sofia (Emma Mackey) must deal with her mother and her lover's buried traumas as they're gradually disinterred. What's a woman to do? https://theartsdesk.com/film/hot-milk-review-mother-problem04 Jul 2025 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt5echlrxc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lrkza4ptj22yDaisy-May Hudson's "Lollipop" depicts the struggle of a homeless single mother to regain custody of her kids - featuring a gut-wrenching performance by Posy Sterling, the film is socially depleted modern Britain in a nutshell. https://www.theartsdesk.com/film/lollipop-review-family-torn-apart14 Jun 2025 13:04 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrkza4ptj22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lpc2g763u224India Donaldson's exceptional indie drama "Good One" opens in the UK today. "Deliverance" for modern times? https://www.theartsdesk.com/film/good-one-review-life-lesson-wild-her-dad-and-his-pal16 May 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lpc2g763u224https://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3loqfaa3fis2wNick Mason's Saucerful of Secrets and Steven Wilson have breathed new life into Pink Floyd's "Echoes". I wrote an essay on it for The Arts Desk. https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/classic-era-prog%E2%80%99s-olympian-pinnacle-pink-floyds-echoes-returns-their-restored-pompeii09 May 2025 12:06 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqfaa3fis2whttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3llytpl5wlk2iTo the artist in the apartment above ours who thumps things loudly and repetitively after midnight, I dedicate this review of the new movie "Restless." https://theartsdesk.com/film/restless-review-curse-noisy-neigbours04 Apr 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llytpl5wlk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lltazqjjxs2o"Queerer and queerer," said Alice, anticipating the release of Alain Guiraudie's hilarious new morality-buster "Misericordia." https://theartsdesk.com/film/misericordia-review-mushroom-gathering-and-murder-rural-france02 Apr 2025 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lltazqjjxs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3llm3urzvok2sMusic and poetry can make uneasy bedfellows – a rare exception being composer Jim Parker's collaborations with John Betjeman. Here's another – Bryan Ferry and writer-artist Amelia Barratt's evocative "Loose Talk" LP, which I reviewed for The Arts Desk. https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-bryan-ferry-and-amelia-barratt-loose-talk30 Mar 2025 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3llm3urzvok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lkbcsvyal22oI do love a sweeping prog rock concept album. Steven Wilson's "The Overview", which I reviewed for The Arts Desk, is a glorious one - that's if you don't mind it auguring the end of everything that exists in the universe. https://www.theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-steven-wilson-overview13 Mar 2025 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbcsvyal22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3ljsoegvhzc2aLaura Carreira's chilling debut feature "On Falling" exposes the mind-crushing misery of gig economy work in a Scottish "fulfilment center" – it's close to a horror movie. https://www.theartsdesk.com/film/falling-review-human-cogs-merciless-machine07 Mar 2025 18:49 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsoegvhzc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lj6fwtwloc2vMy detailed look at Jesse Eisenberg's "A Real Pain," published online at Cineaste. https://www.cineaste.com/spring2025/a-real-pain27 Feb 2025 17:25 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6fwtwloc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3ldv43ifblc22Hitchcock, the young tormentor. https://theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray-hitchcock-beginning22 Dec 2024 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldv43ifblc22https://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3ld4thhktws2g"The Lord of the Rings" franchise goes for girl power - exploitatively. https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/reviews/lord-rings-war-rohirrim-epic-anime-replay-signature-lord-rings-moments12 Dec 2024 17:50 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld4thhktws2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lcbldrd5e22qHugo Fregonese's film noir "Black Tuesday" (1954), newly released on a UK Blu-ray, is fatalism incarnate. https://theartsdesk.com/film/blu-ray-black-tuesday01 Dec 2024 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcbldrd5e22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3lbabjhr2ep26 https://theartsdesk.com/books-comedy-dance-opera-visual-arts/help-give-theartsdesk-future18 Nov 2024 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbabjhr2ep26https://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3layindnth22pIn terms of marrying marrying emotions to compositions, "Bird' is Andrea Arnold's most dynamic film yet. I'd love to see it on a double bill with "American Honey". https://theartsdesk.com/film/bird-review-travails-unseen-english-tween15 Nov 2024 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3layindnth22phttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3layi4kae4c2p"Blitz' suffers from being a child's adventure story. I wonder if McQueen was influenced by Spielberg's "Empire of the Sun". https://theartsdesk.com/film/blitz-review-racism-persists-bombs-batter-london15 Nov 2024 13:26 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3layi4kae4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3l5mjdksncf26 https://theartsdesk.com/film/old-man-and-land-review-%E2%80%93-dark-secrets-farming-family03 Oct 2024 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5mjdksncf26https://bsky.app/profile/grahamfuller.bsky.social/post/3l5mjbuwcqz2t https://theartsdesk.com/new-music/album-smile-cutouts03 Oct 2024 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:leppamib3e5ju7rurs3l3dn2/app.bsky.feed.post/3l5mjbuwcqz2t