Luke Buckmaster

Examining Britney Spears as a victim of sexist media, and a person unable to control her own fortune, Framing Britney Spears carries an important message about how narratives can and should be rewritten, says critic Luke Buckmaster. Introductory moments of Framing Britney Spears suggest a story about fan-led rescue, almost a kind fan-led justice, born in […]

With the long-hyped “SnyderCut” nearly upon us, critic Luke Buckmaster embarks on a crash-course in movie history to explain how this unusual project has an opportunity to become a game-changing production.

Glenn Close and Amy Adams bung on some scabs in Hillbilly Elegy, a toothless Netflix drama that lacks an edge and a heartbeat.

A homage to old school Hollywood and a kind of high art fan fiction…

The ghastliness of Cohen’s pantomime serves a higher purpose: to illuminate the prejudices of everyday Americans, from frat boys to conservative Christians and cowboy hat wearing rednecks.

The Trial of the Chicago 7 is hugely relevant 50-plus years after the events depicted.

If you haven’t guessed by now: this ain’t a happy story.

Reese Witherspoon gives another expert portrayal of an uptight fusspot.

Here’s your one-stop-show guide to this very snappy show – and its very weird host.

We come to terms with one hell of a show.

We expected better from you, Spielbergo.

The latest action film from director Robert Rodriguez will not be coming to a cinema near you.

It’s time to revisit John Carpenter’s prophecy of a world clogged by signals and stimulus.

The western was baked into the very foundation of the moving image.

Twenty years after The Big Lebowski first arrived in cinemas, critic Luke Buckmaster revisits this inimitable comedy to see what makes it tick. 

Will every male weepie released in the foreseeable future pale in comparison to The Grey? Director Joe Carnahan’s 2011 survival in the wilderness drama received a positive response from critics and audiences, yet the film’s greatness remains largely unrecognised. This is perhaps in part because it was marketed as a Liam Neeson vehicle, released in […]

There have been lots of Netflix original films released so far in 2018. Critic Luke Buckmaster picks the good, the bad and the awful.

The only thing bigger than its surprise release is how dire it is, writes Luck Buckmaster.