Before We Vanish [2018]: An Alien Invasion Film Exploring the Reason for Human Existence
Cult J-Horror filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Cure [1997], Pulse [2001]) has been on a hiatus for around a decade now. While…
The Relationship Between the Awards Ceremonies and the Film Press
The agenda-pushing and dying art of film journalism does indeed have an effect on the awards season and who gets nominated.
Lookback on Lumet: The Pawnbroker [1964]
The Pawnbroker, released nineteen years after the end of World War 2, examines closely the life of a concentration camp survivor, Sol (Rod Steiger), who has been left in the US to his own devices to continue living.
Borg McEnroe [2017]: The IceBorg versus the SuperBrat
The sharp and kinetic editing rendering the relentless appeal, unblemished period design, muted colours, exquisitely shot and stunning aerial photography, we are able to suspend all disbelief that we’re watching a sports film.
Holiday (2018): ‘Sundance’ Review
Isabella Eklöf breaks the moral compass on your head in her beguiling, seductive & disturbing first feature Holiday (2018). By…
Pity [2018]: ‘Sundance’ Review
The unnamed man who is at the center of Makridis’s film is a lawyer. He is not just addicted to…
The Queen Of Fear [2018]: ‘Sundance’ Review
The Queen Of Fear [2018]: ‘Sundance’ Review The Queen Of Fear usually subverts the conventional pathos of a film about…
The Road Movie [2018]: Anarchy on the Roads of Hell
Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s The Road Movie is a found-footage-cum-documentary film that gives you a kind of POV experience that can’t be described…