Film Review: Morgan (2016)
byThe best sci-fis are about questions. Questioning the nature of reality and of the self. Asking what it is to be human, what consciousness…
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Review: National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016)
bySuch a display of cynicism has rarely been seen on stage as that in Rufus Norris‘ staging of Bertolt Brecht’s The Threepenny Opera. Its…
Film Review: Neon Bull (2015)
byNeon Bull (or Boi Neon) is a realist and observational take on the life of cattle handlers and rodeo workers in Brazil. It is…
Film Review: Moscow Never Sleeps (2015)
byJust as short-story collections have become the go-to book release for the author having a quiet year, we have seen the multi-narrative tale of…
Film Review: Nocturnal Animals (2016)
byNocturnal Animals opens with a jarring and disorienting sequence, one which is likely to fascinate and perturb viewers in equal measures. Middle aged and…
Film Review: The Student (2016)
byComing from the mind of Kirill Serebrennikov is the brooding and intellectual The Student. The film examines the place of Russian orthodox Christianity within school…
Film Review: The Accountant (2016)
byBen Affleck is The Accountant. The film’s title doesn’t exactly evoke much excitement, but like every other film this year, it can’t be any…
Film Review: The Light Between Oceans (2016)
byEach day we make choices. Perhaps they are mostly simple choices, but they are choices nonetheless. Sometimes we are forced to summon our inner…
Film Review: American Honey (2016)
byOne word that comes to mind when thinking about the filmography of English director Andrea Arnold is atmospheric. Her films feel more like set…
Film Review: Hacksaw Ridge (2016)
byA man willing to lay down his life to save those around him. A man who turns the other cheek to violence and holds…