Nicholas Barber

Nicholas Barber

is a film critic for The Economist and BBC Culture online

@NicholasLBarber

“Upstream Color” is a mysterious story with intoxicating visuals

Joachim Lafosse has us aching with sympathy for someone guilty of the most horrendous of crimes

“Compliance” and “Beyond the Hills”: two films with one theme

“The Sessions” is a film that deals in naked truths

Think Quentin Tarantino meets Charlie Kaufman

A dreamlike melodrama from Miguel Gomes

“Magic Mike”, Steven Soderbergh’s affable tale of male strippers

Ridley Scott’s bid to save the “Alien” franchise from its sequels

With a film that sets “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” in contemporary Mumbai

A gleaming showcase for Felicity Jones

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