Film Review: Nerve (2016)
“Most things aren’t black and white. The internet is neither good nor bad; it just depends on how you use it” say Ariel Schulman…
Film Review: Free State of Jones (2016)
October 1862. The second year of the bloodiest conflict in US history tears apart the fabric of the country as it feeds steadily more…
Film Review: Cholai (2016)
It’s hard to pin down a definition for ‘black comedy’ but the best description would be that if you weren’t laughing you’d probably be…
MIFF 2016 Film Review: Operation Avalanche (2016)
No one will think it’s fake because how insane would this be? There’s an excellent moment in Rodney Ashcer’s documentary Room 237 where the…
Film Review: Amdavad Ma Famous (2015)
The largest city in the Gujarat region is Amdavad. In the west of India this massive city is the home of kite flying and…
Film Review: Sing Street (2016)
Irishman John Carney is one of the darlings of the low-budget indie scene having made Once and Begin Again. His latest effort Sing Street…
Film Review: The Measure of a Man (2015)
The French title for Stéphane Brizé’s latest film is ‘Le Loi du Marche’ which, when literally translated, means ‘Market Law’. This title does give…
Film Review: Central Intelligence (2016)
“Saving the world takes a little Hart and a big Johnson” says the tagline of Central Intelligence, the new film by Rawson Marshall Thurber…
Film Review: The Wait (2015)
For audiences of the mainstream who subsist on the endless supply of samey films that tumble from the Hollywood conveyor belt, European cinema can…
Film Review: Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
The year is 1980 – a gallon of petrol costs 79 cents. The Empire Strikes Back makes the greatest parental reveal in film history,…