Film Review: Stan & Ollie (2018)
byAlongside Charlie Chaplin’s persona as the Tramp and Buster Keaton’s phenomenal use of visual comedy, Laurel and Hardy in their bowler hats dancing to…
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Film Review: Vox Lux (2018)
byIt would be fair to question the need for another film exploring the phenomenon of celebrity. Documentary essays on the life (and death) of…
Film Review: Happy Death Day 2U (2019)
byPut Happy Death Day 2U down to a case of a studio cashing in on a surprise hit, but you can’t blame a guy…
Film Review: Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
byTwo hundred million dollars. Thousands and thousands of hours of work. Hundreds and hundreds of talented people who excitedly told their families that they…
Film Review: Maria by Callas (2017)
byMaria Callas, the beautiful Greek-American soprano, is a name familiar to anyone who loves opera. She is considered to be the greatest soprano of…
Film Review: If Beale Street Could Talk (2018)
byIt doesn’t matter how serious your film is; you can always make it about love. That’s apparently the philosophy of Barry Jenkins, the Oscar…
Film Review – Arctic (2018)
byThere’s something especially gratifying about watching survival movies. They can distil the human experience down to essential choices, bring into focus what’s really important,…
Film Review: On the Basis of Sex (2018)
byIn 1956 Harvard had five hundred students enrolled in its prestigious law school. Nine of them were women, one of which was Ruth Bader…
Film Review: Cold Pursuit (2019)
byIn the world of unnecessary remakes, Hans Petter Moland’s Cold Pursuit probably sits up there with Michael Haneke’s Funny Games, David Fincher’s The Girl…
Film Review: The Front Runner (2018)
byIn a time where a man with multiple allegations of sexual assault against him can become president, it’s crazy to think that thirty years…