Film Review: ‘The Overnighters’
★★★★★ More American nightmare than American Dream, Jesse Moss’ Sundance award-winning documentary The Overnighters (2013) looks at the crisis at the centre of the economic […]
Film Review: ‘Nightcrawler’
★★★☆☆ The inaugural directorial effort of The Bourne Legacy (2012) screenwriter Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler (2014) is a nocturnal exploration of media sensationalism and the individualistic […]
Film Review: ‘Mr. Turner’
★★★★★ We see a long shot of two maids, rapt in their whispers, walking down the length of an embankment. The first flickers of dawn […]
Film Review: ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’
★★★★★ Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) is a talismanic work of art, a piece of cinema that reaches through the ages to comment on […]
Film Review: ‘Horns’
★★★☆☆ Daniel Radcliffe takes another unexpected step in his capricious metamorphosis, transforming from iconic boy-wizard Harry Potter, to a man-turned-devil in Alexandre Aja’s uneven adaptation […]
Film Review: ‘Ghostbusters’
★★★★☆ Whether young or old, the 1984 classic Ghostbusters – directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Bill Murray (seemingly confirmed for the upcoming Ghostbusters 3 […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Youth of the Beast’
★★★★☆ There’s a great deal to admire about Seijun Suzuki’s idiosyncratic, jazz-infused gangster thriller Youth of the Beast (1963). Released shortly after the return of […]
DVD Review: ‘Mystery Road’
★★★☆☆ The wilds of Australia play home to Ivan Sen’s latest in both a physical and metaphorical sense. The oppression of indigenous peoples was a […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘I Clowns’
★★★☆☆ “Clown acts have to be short and make people laugh in ten minutes – give it some rhythm!” These are the words of wisdom […]
DVD Review: ‘Gomorrah’
★★★★★ Narrative is the base from which elemental passages are forced upon our gaze. In recent years the very idea of watching narratives unfold over […]
DVD Review: ‘Godzilla’
★★★★☆ It was sixty years ago that a gigantic and terrifying lizard first lumbered out of the Pacific Ocean and proceeded to leave its indelible […]
DVD Review: ‘God Help the Girl’
★★★☆☆ The filmmaking debut of Stuart Murdoch, frontman of indie pop band Belle and Sebastian, God Help the Girl (2014) is a wistful modern-day musical […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Blacula: The Complete Collection’
★★☆☆☆ The Blaxploitation movement was renowned for bringing its own unique cultural spin to many well-trodden genres, and the world of classic horror proved to […]
Blu-ray Review: ‘Animal Farm’
★★★★☆ Celebrating its sixtieth anniversary, the classic animated interpretation of Animal Farm (1954) by British studio Halas and Batchelor, captures perfectly the timeless message of […]
Film Review: ‘Time Is Illmatic’
★★★★☆ Rolling off New York’s F line, 21st Street you find yourself in the maltreated bosom of North America’s largest public housing development. Paved in […]
Film Review: ‘This Is Where I Leave You’
★★☆☆☆ Shawn Levy, director of Night at the Museum (2006) and Date Night (2010), takes a break from his usual comedy-heavy fare to direct the […]
Film Review: ‘The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman’
★★☆☆☆ Opening with an blurry-eyed, ethereal exposition that treats the audience to a brief taste of the film’s tragic climax, Fredrik Bond’s The Necessary Death […]
Film Review: ‘Love, Rosie’
★★☆☆☆ Etching another notch on the bedpost of the already crowded will they/won’t they? vein of romantic comedy, Love, Rosie (2014) boasts a fresh-faced cast […]