Kevin Bui

The Guardian

Wild Things: this 90s erotic thriller is smarter than you may remember

Kevin Bacon, Denise Richards, Neve Campbell and Matt Dillon elevate this underrated neo-noir beyond bargain-bin titillation.

Melbourne International Film Festival

Time for Reflection: Master Gardener and the Late-style Transformation of Paul Schrader

Critics Campus participant Kevin Bui examines Paul Schrader's shift away from narratives of retribution and towards tales of personal growth - culminating in one of his most hopeful, if also most difficult, films.

the Guardian

Steven Soderbergh's Solaris remake puzzled audiences 20 years ago - but it deserves a second chance

Starring George Clooney and Natasha McElhone, Soderbergh reimagines a three-hour sci-fi classic as a brisk romantic drama - and it works

Little White Lies

How Ang Lee's The Ice Storm stays warm 25 years later

This chilly portrait of an all-American family is a fascinating and empathetic character study.

The Guardian

The Counsellor: Ridley Scott's crime thriller is packed with A-listers - and worth a second look

Heavy on dialogue and corpses, this 2013 film written by Cormac McCarthy stars Penélope Cruz, Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt and Javier Bardem.

Melbourne International Film Festival

Following the Money: Robert Connolly on The Bank and the Australian Film Industry

Critics Campus 2023 participant Kevin Bui speaks to director Robert Connolly about his newly remastered debut feature, 2001 Australian economic thriller The Bank.

Little White Lies

Stoker at 10: Park Chan-wook's Hitchcockian fairytale

This dark coming-of-age thriller is Park's own scintillating twist on The Master of Suspense's Shadow of a Doubt.

Film Cred

California Dreamin': 'Ambulance' and Michael Bay's American Exodus

"We don't get to walk off into the sunset!" In a Michael Bay movie, the American Dream is dead.

Little White Lies

Why I love Kevin Conroy's performance in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

The voice actor brought his life experience to the role of the Caped Crusader, and in the process gave us a batman for the ages.

Freelance Film & Culture Writer