Film Review: The Post (2017)
There is generally always some friction between governments and the media. In recent times, nowhere has this escalated more quickly than in the United…
Film Review: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, written and directed by Martin McDonagh, is both emotionally raw and hilariously irreverent. And despite its somewhat cumbersome title,…
Film Review: Mudbound (2017)
Mudbound is an intimate, sprawling epic. This might sound like a paradox – how can a film be both small and large scale, both…
Film Review: Sweet Virginia (2017)
In Sweet Virginia, director Jamie M. Dagg explores the intersecting lives of several people in a small town, and the ways in which these…
Film Review: The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)
Writer-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: Good Time (2017)
The opening scene of Good Time (directed by Ben Safdie and Josh Safdie with a screenplay by Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein) gestures to its latent,…
Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
The anticipation around Blade Runner 2049 has been palpable. Given the original’s reputation as one of the most revered films of all time this…
Film Review: I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)
The modern world has produced a peculiar form of contemporary malaise, one that has, despite more people and social media, appeared to lead to…
Film Review: Miss Stevens (2016)
Some films generate startling insight and quiet impact from a restrained, organic build. Miss Stevens, directed by Julia Hart, is one of those films….
Film Review: Okja (2017)
South Korean director Bong Joon-Ho is developing a reputation for making robust films which blend adventure and intellect with searing critiques of environmental mismanagement and…