Film Review: Better Watch Out (2016)
byBetter Watch Out, directed by Chris Peckover, is an Australian/American horror comedy set at Christmas time. Perhaps it does put up a little more cheer than…
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Film Review: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
byWriter-director Noah Baumbach’s voice is distinctive in contemporary cinema. Depicting life with quirky humour, poignancy and a deep well of empathy for his often…
Film Review: Uncle Vanya (1970)
byOne of the many things that seem indispensable to the Russian identity is its writers. As the adage goes Russia is the world’s most…
Film Review: Justice League (2017)
byWhen you add Justice League’s troubled production – which involved director Zack Snyder having to step down for personal reasons and Joss Whedon having to…
Film Review: Lucky (2017)
byFor one last time we can be witness to the work of prolific actor, musician and singer Harry Dean Stanton and also say goodbye in John Carroll Lynch‘s…
Film Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
byAnyone hoping for grounded realism in the work of Yorgos Lanthimos can look elsewhere. A thematic summary wouldn’t put it too far from that of…
Film Review: Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
byAgatha Christie’s most famous work has been adapted for the big screen, silver screen and television, on no less than five occasions, with varying…
Film Review: Brad’s Status (2017)
byAfter Obama’s election in 2009 there was an influx of films about slavery and race relations. Every film is affected by the period and…
Film Review: Jungle (2017)
byDaniel Radcliffe returns to the screen as a Ginsberg so soon after his 2013 turn as Allen Ginsberg in Kill Your Darlings. Although it’s spelled…
Film Review: Detroit (2017)
byTo watch Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit is a struggle. It’s a struggle to see the violence continually wreaked upon black bodies in the story of…