All My Sons on Blu-ray

Adapted from Arthur Miller's breakthrough play, All My Sons is a powerful drama that seems to have been largely forgotten but deserves to be rediscovered. It boasts one of Edward G. Robinson's best roles as Joe Keller, the businessman whose underhand profiteering during the war resulted in the deaths of 21 pilots, and a young Burt Lancaster showed his range after a series of crime films with his performance as Joe's son.

I was delighted to have the opportunity to write about this film and its release against the backdrop of McCarthyism, for a new blu-ray edition. The disc will be available to buy on January 26th 2026, and you can read more about the release here.

Urchin in Sight & Sound

In the opening scenes of his directorial debut Urchin, Harris Dickinson keeps us at a distance from his protagonist Michael (Frank Dillane). We watch from across the street as he trudges up to uninterested pedestrians in search of loose change, gathers with other rough sleepers at a soup kitchen, or seeks a relatively dry and safe space to lay down his cardboard and get some sleep. This distance is apt for a film about homelessness, a problem that many of us choose to ignore as we walk past it every day, but Dickinson gradually brings us closer to Michael, allowing us to see the insecurities and contradictions of someone trapped in a cycle that he cannot break.

Read the rest of my review at Sight & Sound