Notes on Culture
Euan FranklinA former critic scribbling about film, TV, literature, art and video games.
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Martin McDonagh returns with another hitman bromance
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell in Wild Horse Nine.
Reviewed at the London Film Festival 2026
Writer/director Martin McDonagh stepped into feature filmmaking with In Bruges (2008), a dark existential comedy about two hitmen stuck in a pea...
Put your trust in Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Tao Okamato and Virginie Efira in All of a Sudden (Photo: LFF/Getty)
Reviewed at the London Film Festival 2026
In my bittersweet thirties, I don’t tend to watch many movies that break the three-hour mark anymore. The exceptions come from...
People aren’t ready for Digger
Tom Cruise in Digger.
I once posted about Tom Cruise on the platform formerly known as Twitter, and then I received a somewhat intimidating email afterwards. My tweet was a tad insulting, born out of my bewilderment after Cruise had receiv...
How Whisper of the Heart cleansed my creative soul
Over the last two weeks or so, I’ve felt my creative ambitions struggle in the scuzzy waters of self-doubt. The reason I wrote in the first place was to tell made-up stories, first catalysed when my dad took me, aged seven, to a car boot sa...
My August Highlights
Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson in Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. Photo: MUBI
This is part of my Monthly Highlights series, covering a broad spectrum of culture that envelopes film, TV, literature, theatre, art and music. Enjo...
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A wobbly London writer excited by culture of all kinds, including film, TV, literature, art, music and video games. Always looking to escape the abyss or see it reflected. Redrafting an existential fantasy novel 🖤
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