Yasmeen Khan

Touching From A Distance: Kore-eda Hirokazu’s The Third Murder

With his latest film, a courtroom drama, The Third Murder, out now, Yasmeen Khan examines the work of Japanese film director Kore-eda Hirokazu

Reach Out And Touch Cloth: Personal Shopper Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan reviews Olivier Assayas' follow up to The Clouds Of Sils Maria, the ghost story Personal Shopper, in cinemas today.

Kurosawa’s RUN!: Creepy Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan on director Kiyoshi Kurosawa's latest addition to the horror genre, the excellent Creepy

Nature-Built Prisons: Director Jeppe Rønde On Bridgend

Danish director Jeppe Rønde has made his first feature film about the spate of teen suicides in the Welsh town of Bridgend. Yasmeen Khan talks to him about it

How Swede It Is: Gothenburg Film Festival

Yasmeen Khan reports back from this year's Gothenburg Film Festival

Peasant Company Excepted: Andrzej Wajda’s The Promised Land

With the long awaited reissue of The Promised Land in its uncut form just days away, Yasmeen Khan takes the opportunity to look back at Andrzej Wajda's social realist masterpiece

The Broken Nest: Satyajit Ray’s Charulata reassessed

With the recent restoration of Charulata appearing in cinemas, Yasmeen Khan takes the opportunity to review Satyajit Ray's work through the prism of his best known film

It Takes Two: Richard Ayoade Discusses The Double

Yasmeen Khan sits down at a round table interview with Richard Ayoade to discuss his adaptation of Dostoyevsky's novella

Faulty Towers: The Grand Budapest Hotel Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan books a suite at the Grand Budapest Hotel, but is Wes Anderson's latest a room with a view in scenic Venice or a Travelodge in bleakest Nuneaton?

Bleu-ming Marvellous: Blue Is The Warmest Colour Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan reviews the controversial Palme D'or winning French film

Blood Sucking Freaks: Herzog’s Nosferatu Revisited

To mark the BFI's Gothic season, Yasmeen Khan reassesses Werner Herzog's 1979 Nosferatu The Vampyr in light of FW Murnau's 1922 predecessor

Thor-mula One: Rush Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan waves the chequered flag on the new motor racing biopic from Ron Howard

Die AHAA-rd: Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan reviews Alan Partridge's first foray into feature films, but is it classic intercourse or merely monkey tennis?

Yawn Of The Dead: World War Z Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan rips the guts out of the latest Hollywood undead-athon

Gem’ll Crucifix It: Byzantium Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan sinks her teeth (sorry, sorry...) into Neil Jordan's latest take on the vampire myth

Grey’s Anatomy: Dark Skies Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan checks out Scott Stewart's Dark Skies, the latest chiller from Blumhouse Productions. Contains spoilers.

BFI Uncut Season: Maîtresse Revisited

Yasmeen Khan examines Barbet Schroeder's once-controversial 1976 picture, restricted upon its initial release, which is given a Blu-ray upgrade and screened theatrically by the British Film Institute this month

Mission To Shah’s: Argo Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan assesses Ben Affleck's dramatisation of the so-called Canadian Caper: a stranger than fiction, CIA-via-Hollywood covert operation attempted during the Iran hostage crisis

Sophocles, So Good: Oedipus Rex Revisited

Yasmeen Khan hails Pier Paolo Pasolini's 1967 adaptation of the classical Greek tragedy, which has been given a new HD transfer for home entertainment release as part of Eureka's Masters of Cinema series

Truths And Lies: F For Fake Revisited

Yasmeen Khan has fun getting lost in Orson Welles' mid-'70s maze of 'factual' misdirection, which has been digitally restored for a nationwide theatrical re-release this week. Stills courtesy of the BFI

Ronde The Houses: 360 Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan watches Brazilian City Of God director Fernando Meirelles' modern, globetrotting take on the venerable linked lovers play La Ronde

Guestbusters: The Innkeepers Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan is suitably spooked by US indie auteur Ti West's new picture, which boasts the tagline 'A Ghost Story For The Minimum Wage'

Norse Code: Jo Nesbø’s Headhunters Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan weighs up the latest Scandinavian crime adaptation, opening in UK cinemas this Friday

4th Pan-Asia Film Festival Roundup

Yasmeen Khan takes in the best of last week's continent-spanning showcase. Main image from Starry Starry Night

Breaking The Cycle: The Kid With A Bike Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan watches the latest Cannes award winner from Belgium's leading cinematic siblings: a contemporary tale about a lonely lad which defies easy 'social realism' pigeonholing. Photo by Christine Plenus

Identity Crisis: Martha Marcy May Marlene Reviewed

Sean Durkin's multilayered debut uses the story of a girl who escapes from a cult to explore notions of victimhood and family. Yasmeen Khan is enthralled by this genre-transcending psychological thriller

La Femme Familiar: Haywire Reviewed

Steven Soderbergh's new thriller reprises the rogue-operative-seeking-revenge-on-her-paymasters genre. Yasmeen Khan weighs the pros and cons of this popular action formula

The Quiet Observer: Snowtown Reviewed

Bleak, thought-provoking, uncompromising: Snowtown is a worthy addition to the serial killer film ranks. But it lacks something in the way of heart, says Yasmeen Khan

We Need To Talk About Kevin Reviewed

Yasmeen Khan reviews Lynne Ramsey's adaptation of We Need To Talk About Kevin, and asks whether it's possible to provide insight into mass murder without explanation.

Behind The Wheel: Drive Reviewed

In A Better World: Susanne Bier & Anders Thomas Jensen Profiled

Yasmeen Khan gives us some background on the director/writer team Susanne Bier and Anders Thomas Jensen, whose new feature In a Better World took home this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film.

Welcome To The Dollhouse: Looking Back At The Films Of Todd Solondz

Last week's Book Club screening of Welcome To The Dollhouse prompted Yasmeen Khan to reflect on Todd Solondz's compelling body of work