Film Review: 13 Assassins (2010)
byMidway through Takeshi Miike’s 13 Assassins (2010), a man in a tavern jokes, ‘These days, swords are only good for cutting radishes.’ It might…
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TV Recap: Fargo, S01E07
byThis is another strong episode in a very good series, and decidedly less violent compared to last week’s instalment. The episode starts with a…
Film Review: Rising From Ashes (2012)
byT.C. Johnstone’s documentary charts the journey of the Rwandan cycling team a decade on from the 1994 Hutu-Tutsi conflict. Johnstone introduces us to the…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E06
byWow, this is a very dark and serious episode. Shit just got very real in Fargo. Basically, many threads of the story have a…
Film Review: Gardening With Soul (2013)
by“If you can’t live with love and in love and keep your love going for people regardless of what’s going on, it’s not worth…
Film Review: Maleficent (2014)
byLong debated is the genesis of evil: is one born evil or can one become evil? With Disney’s new film Maleficent the answer is…
Film Review: Under the Skin (2014)
byThe premise of Jonathan Glazer’s film, Under the Skin, doesn’t sound like anything new: an alien comes to earth, taking the image of a…
Film Review: The Wages of Fear (1953)
byConventional ideas about courage are blown apart in The Wages of Fear (La salaire de la peur), an existential thriller directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot…
TV Recap: Fargo, S01E05
byThis episode starts with shots of a wheat field with country music reminiscent of the Coen brother’s film O Brother Where Art Thou? This…
Film Review: Seven Samurai (1954)
byEarly in Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) the wise Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) explains, ‘I’m not a man with any special skills, but I’ve…