Nicholas Barber

Nicholas Barber

is a film critic for The Economist and BBC Culture online

@NicholasLBarber

“Inside Llewyn Davis”, a film about a folk singer whose songs you’re not likely to forget

“Blue is the Warmest Colour” is a movie dripping with emotional intensity

“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

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