Film Review: The Mountain Between Us (2017)
There’s nothing wrong with a good old-fashioned love story, and the top of an ice-capped mountain is not a bad place for one. But…
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Film Review: Good Time (2017)
The opening scene of Good Time (directed by Ben Safdie and Josh Safdie with a screenplay by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein) gestures to its latent,…
Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
The anticipation around Blade Runner 2049 has been palpable. Given the original’s reputation as one of the most revered films of all time this…
Film Review: The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)
When the narration begins at the start of The Only Living Boy in New York, Jeff Bridges’ gruff brogue suggests we are in safe…
Film Review: Blue (2017)
Blue is a series of provocative vignettes on the state of our oceans. Director Karina Holden delivers a wake-up call for all of us…
Film Review: That Man from Rio (1964)
Over film history, there have been a number of exceptional figures that have defined their nation’s cinema. There is something about them that screams…
Film Review: The Belko Experiment (2016)
One thing Berberian Sound Studio taught us was that horror films can produce that recognisable sound of a knife penetrating a body easily through the sound studio….
Film Review: Final Portrait (2017)
In the mid-20th century, Swiss-Italian artist Alberto Giacometti was one of the leading proponents of the surrealist movement. You may well have seen some…
Film Review: Clarity (2015)
With the state of US-Mexican relations in a curious place at present, with Donald Trump’s border wall still a possibility, Clarity has the potential to…
Film Review: Battle of the Sexes (2017)
It wasn’t all that long ago that a film starring Emma Stone and Steve Carell would be a light-hearted comedic romp. But with Academy…