Film Review: The Will to Fly (2016)
byThe Will to Fly is a wonderful documentary which this reviewer walked into without having one iota of the premise, and who quite happily walked…
Film Review: Hail, Caesar! (2016)
byIt has been a while since co-directors and co-writers Joel and Ethan Coen have made a straight up comedy – eight years in fact,…
Film Review: The Lady in the Van (2015)
byMedia has a tendency to be predictable, safe fare. For all your superhero flicks and CGI End Of World scenarios, you always know by…
AFFF 2016: Film Review: Microbe & Gasoline (2015)
byMicrobe & Gasoline is the latest feature of French auteur Michel Gondry. Pre-teenage adolescent Daniel (Ange Dargent) feels overly anxious and misplaced in life. At…
Film Review: Triple 9 (2016)
byTriple 9 is a complicated, character driven heist film filled with betrayal, enduring loyalties, bad cops, good cops, double crossings, criminals and lots of…
Film Review: Gods of Egypt (2016)
byAnother reviewer has described Alex Proyas’s Gods of Egypt as ‘one hot mess’, and that would seem to be a fairly accurate description. With…
Film Review: Son of Saul (2015)
byWith what would have to be one of the most astonishing debut films of all time – and horrific in a way that is…
Film Review: Theeb (2014)
byTheeb marks the beginning of two different yet equally important things. Firstly it’s the directorial debut of Naji Abu Nowar which marks him as…
Film Review: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
byFollowing in the muddy footsteps of Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter is the equally damp Pride and Prejudice and Zombies from director and script writer Burr…
Film Review: Teatro Alla Scala: The Temple Of Wonders (2015)
byIn Milan, Italy, sits the Teatro alla Scala. One of the world’s greatest theatres, it has hosted every name that is worth hosting in…