DVD Review: ‘Cleanskin’
★☆☆☆☆ The problem with making a counter-terrorism film in a world that has already experienced Jack Bauer is that, in its eight seasons, 24 covered […]
DVD Review: ‘Project X’
★☆☆☆☆ Let’s be blunt: Nima Nourizadeh’s Project X (2012) may well be the worst film of the year so far. It opens on a sweater-vested […]
DVD Review: ‘Margaret’
★★★★☆ Acting as conclusive evidence that getting a film distributed can often be the most difficult stage of the process, Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret (2011) – […]
EIFF 2012: ‘Small Creatures’ review
★★☆☆☆ Martin Wallace’s debut feature Small Creatures (2010) is a gritty slice of adolescent social realism that, whilst rich in striking imagery and visual metaphors, […]
EIFF 2012: ‘The Mirror Never Lies’ review
★★★★☆ Kamila Andini’s extraordinarily assured debut feature The Mirror Never Lies (2012) is a beautifully lyrical and exquisitely picturesque coming-of-age story regarding the difficulties of […]