Cinema: Double dramas make bad neighbours

Reviews of Suburbicon and Battle of the Sexes

Julianne Moore and Matt Damon in Suburbicon

Cinema

Suburbicon Directed by George Clooney Nationwide, 15ARating: **

Battle of the Sexes Directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton Nationwide, 12ARating: ***

Two films for the price of one seems like a bargain but, as with most things, quality counts over quantity. For George Clooney’s sixth film Suburbicon, which he directs but does not appear in, the quality comes from an old script by Joel and Ethan Coen, a distant cousin of ...