Film Review: Yojimbo (1961)
byWritten by Nick Alexander Originally published 17 June 2014 Yojimbo (1961) is probably legendary Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s most accessible film for modern audiences….
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Film Review: Frank (2014)
byWritten by Sam Zagame Originally published 16 June 2014 In this eccentric comedy, Jon (Domhnall Gleeson), a struggling musician, joins a weird music band…
Film Review: The Rover (2014)
byWritten by Dan Santos Originally published 12 June 2014 It has been four years since David Michôd’s auspicious debut feature film Animal Kingdom was…
Film Review: 13 Assassins (2010)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 10 June 2014 Midway through Takeshi Miike’s 13 Assassins (2010), a man in a tavern jokes, ‘These…
Film Review: Omar (2013)
byWritten by Chris Smith Originally published 9 June 2014 “You can’t become a freedom fighter by just watching”. Taking at its heart the Israeli/Palestine…
Film Review: Gardening With Soul (2013)
byWritten by Chloe Sesta Jacobs Originally published 30 May 2014 “If you can’t live with love and in love and keep your love going…
Film Review: Maleficent (2014)
byWritten by James Madden Originally published 29 May 2014 Long debated is the genesis of evil: is one born evil or can one become…
Film Review: Under the Skin (2014)
byWritten by Angus Tonkin Originally published 27 May 2014 The premise of Jonathan Glazer’s film, Under the Skin, doesn’t sound like anything new: an…
Film Review: The Wages of Fear (1953)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 27 May 2014 Conventional ideas about courage are blown apart in The Wages of Fear (La salaire…
Film Review: Seven Samurai (1954)
byWritten by Joanna Di Mattia Originally published 21 May 2014 Early in Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) the wise Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) explains,…