Film Review: ‘Liberal Arts’
★★☆☆☆ Riding into UK cinemas this week on a crest of predominantly positive critical sentiment comes Liberal Arts (2012), the sophomore film from American...
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17 October 2024
#LFF 2024: It’s Not Me review
★★★★☆ A swift but singular filmmaking self-portrait, Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me reflects on the French auteur’s 40-year directorial career, as well as his many cinematic – and canine – influences.
10 October 2024
#LFF 2024: Conclave review
★★★★☆ Ralph Fiennes approaches top form as a spiritually and morally-conflicted cardinal during a Vatican Conclave in Edward Berger’s gripping, oft-humorous follow-up to the multi-Oscar-winning All Quiet On the Western Front.
11 March 2024
Oscars 2024: Oppenheimer sweeps the board
The winners of this year’s 96th Academy Awards were announced earlier this morning at LA’s Dolby Theatre. Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer was the big winner on the night, scooping seven Oscars in total including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Cillian Murphy, and Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr.
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DVD Review: ‘The Harsh Light of Day’
★★☆☆☆ Setting aside its overall quality (more on that later), emerging filmmaking talent Oliver S. Milburn’s micro-budget supernatural thriller The Harsh Light of Day...
DVD Review: ‘2 Days in New York’
★★★☆☆ Indie icon Julie Delpy writes, directs and stars in culture-clash comedy 2 Days in New York (2012), her follow-up to 2007 romantic drama...
Film Review: ‘Holy Motors’
★★★★★ A directorial maverick in the truest sense, French filmmaker Leos Carax returns this year with the much-hyped Holy Motors (2012), his first solo...
Film Review: ‘Looper’
★★★☆☆ American writer and director Rian Johnson – best-known for his neo-noir debut Brick (2005), less-known for his ensemble piece The Brothers Bloom (2008)...
Blu-ray Review: ‘Dr. Mabuse’, ‘Oedipus Rex’
★★★★☆ Eureka Entertainment kick off a busy fourth quarter of business this week with the rerelease of three classic cinematic treats on Dual Format...
Film Review: ‘Hysteria’
★★☆☆☆ It’s taken an entire decade for American filmmaker Tanya Wexler to complete her third feature, and on the evidence of the farcical Hysteria...
Film Review: ‘Killing Them Softly’
★★★★☆ Palme d’Or nominee Killing Them Softly (2012) may only be Andrew Dominik’s third full-length feature, but already the Kiwi director has set himself...
