The Movie Maharishi

Must the film critic be wise, cultured, and oddly attentive to mise-en-scene? Decide, traveler, in the holy temple of film reviews! Enter… if you dare…

Welcome to the temple of The Movie Maharishi, a sacred space for well-informed and idiosyncratic film reviews.

What makes us different?

  • Our reviewers are film graduates, up to date and brimming with movie knowledge.
  • Shorter reviews of favourites in our ‘Old but Gold’ section.
  • End of year lists will be posted from our movie aficionados.
  • Open discussion, viewing recommendations and friendly debate is encouraged.
  • We love and care about movies.
  • And we don’t want to waste your time! Reviews are free and accessible to everyone, just scroll down.

Hasta la vista, baby.

Old but Gold

Here you may meditate on films of the recent or ancient past, as far back as our treasured memory of George Méliès ‘mooning’ us…

The Review

The newest films reviewed by our writers.

Our Lists

Will Safdie go all the way, “One Paddle After Another”? These are our top 10 films of 2025…

Our Regular Writers

Max Walters

Sam Marsh

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