Film Review: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 19 November 2015 With The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 the popular film franchise comes to a sombre,…
Film Review: Best of Enemies (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 27 August 2015 In documentary film Best of Enemies, co-directors and writers Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville take a…
Film Review: Ricki and the Flash (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 27 August 2015 It almost goes without saying that Meryl Streep is amongst the greatest actors ever. She…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Guest (2014)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 20 August 2015 The Guest, directed by Adam Wingard and written by Simon Barrett, is a hilariously bonkers…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: James White (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 20 August 2015 In James White, director and screenwriter Josh Mond has created an understated character study of…
MIFF 2015: Film Review: Yakuza Apocalypse (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 19 August 2015 How does one approach reviewing a film like Yakuza Apocalypse? Directed by Takashi Miike and…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Invitation (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 19 August 2015 It has been quite a while since a thriller as taut and superbly crafted as…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: My Golden Days (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 19 August 2015 There is a messiness to youth, and how we remember it, that is visceral, often…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: Phoenix (2014)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 13 August 2015 Amongst the ruins of post-WWII Germany, writer and director Christian Petzold has created a restrained,…
MIFF 2015 Film Review: The Witch (2015)
Written by Dan Santos Originally published 13 August 2015 There is a (excuse the pun) bewitching quality about The Witch, directed and written by Robert…