Film Review: The Rover (2014)
byIt has been four years since David Michôd’s auspicious debut feature film Animal Kingdom was released, but now he is back with The Rover,…
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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…
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…
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: 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…
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…
Film Review: The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012)
byFollowing the lives of a free-spirited couple in Belgium is The Broken Circle Breakdown, written and directed by Felix Van Groeningen and based on the play…
Film Review: A Castle in Italy (2013)
byNominated for the Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, A Castle In Italy details the plight of a French family to keep their titular…
Film Review: Belle (2013)
bySet in England circa 1769, and revolving around the court case that established the precedent which would eventually bring about the abolishment of slavery…