Film Review: Silent Heart (2014)
byDanish film Silent Heart explores the sensitive issue of euthanasia by grounding its political stance in the personal and the intimate. Directed by Bille…
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Review: Blowfly Park (2014)
byIn Swedish film Blowfly Park, director and screenwriter Jens Östberg has crafted a restrained and stylish portrait of an ordinary man grappling with the…
Film Review: Out of Nature (2014)
byStable job. Nice home. Loving wife. Healthy son. It’s a tough life. To get away from it all, Martin (Ole Giæver) embarks on a…
Film Review: Far From Men (2014)
byIt is 1954 and the Algerian War is building momentum as it begins to reach the lives of civilians. Trouble is brought to the…
TV: True Detective, An Analysis
byTrue Detective‘s first season won five Emmys and the adulation of audiences craving philosophically engaging crime drama. At first glance, the finale seemed to…
Film Review: Mr. Holmes (2015)
byOne of the more interesting developments in entertainment over the past few years has been the resurgence of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s…
Film Review: The Gallows (2015)
byThe Gallows is a found footage horror film, set in a high school in Middle America in 2013. A group of teens are staging…
Film Review: Ruben Guthrie (2015)
byBrendan Cowell directs his first feature with Ruben Guthrie, and delivers a witty and interesting film. Adapted from his very successful stage play of…
Film Review: Insidious: Chapter 3 (2015)
byIt isn’t always easy writing a review of a horror film. To start with there’s the inherent paradox that comes with the genre; films…
Film Review: Women He’s Undressed (2014)
byThere is everything to love about Gillian Armstrong’s Women He’s Undressed, a docu-drama about the life of costume designer Orry Kelly. It is a…