Film Review: ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’
★★★★☆ This year has already seen the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birthday and is also, conveniently, the 20th anniversary of what must rate as...
Directors Bettinelli-Olpin and Gillett’s “Abigail” mashes up crime caper and monster movie, but fails to deliver fear or humor. Spoilery trailers and unoriginal characters overshadow promising elements, resulting in a dull, lifeless experience lacking creativity and wit.
★★★★☆ In Alex Garland’s Civil War, a group of journalists embark on a road trip to interview the US President amidst a second American Civil War, while exploring media’s dehumanizing relationship with violence.
★★★★☆ Having won the Jury Prize in 2013 for Like Father, Like Son and the Palme d’Or in 2018 with Shoplifters, Cannes favourite and Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda returns with Monster, a masterful work of intricate storytelling, complemented by a lovely score by the late Ryuichi Sakamoto.
★★★★★ Theodor Adorno famously wrote that poetry was not possible after Auschwitz, but is cinema? Billy Wilder certainly thought so, getting footage from the camps as evidence as much as anything else. Steven Spielberg, Claude Lanzmann, Alain Resnais and Roberto Benigni have all with differing degrees of success tried their hands.
★★★★☆ This year has already seen the bicentenary of Charles Dickens’ birthday and is also, conveniently, the 20th anniversary of what must rate as...
★★★★☆ Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s classic anime Ninja Scroll was first released in 1993, reaching English speaking audiences two years later in December 1995. Along with...
★★☆☆☆ The power of documentary filmmaking can often be found in its ability to make you fascinated and entertained by subjects that you either...
★★☆☆☆ Already in line for an English language remake, with Hollywood go-to ‘goofball’ Vince Vaughn reputedly attached to star, Québécois comedy Starbuck (2011) receives...
★★★☆☆ Sundance favourite Eugene Jarecki tackles America’s ‘War on Drugs’ this week in his latest doc The House I Live In (2012), a sobering...