Film Review: A Royal Night Out (2015)
byIt’s so nice to see extras getting into their roles. All too often, extras in crowds betray a lacklustre commitment to chanting, laughing or…
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Film Review: Stations of the Cross (2014)
byStations of the Cross begins with one of the most fascinating and alienating opening pieces of dialogue put to film of recent memory. A…
Film Review: Beloved Sisters (2014)
byScreening as part of the Festival of German Films, Beloved Sisters (2014) is a historical romance based on the lives of sisters Charlotte and…
Film Review: When Marnie Was There (2015)
byThink of animation and you think of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese studio that has given us such animated gems as My Neighbor Totoro, Princess…
Film Review: Pitch Perfect 2 (2015)
byThey’re back, pitches! After the success of television’s Glee and 2012’s Pitch Perfect, choirs and acapella groups have moved from their lowly position on…
Film Review: National Theatre Live – A View from the Bridge (2014)
byA View from the Bridge is the recent production from London’s young Vic theatre, beamed across the globes as part of the National Theatre…
Film Review: Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
byClouds of Sils Maria is a film of layers – layers of stories and experiences. Written and directed by Olivier Assayas, the film has…
Film Review: Unfriended (2014)
byIn the screen and social media fixated world of 2015, Unfriended fits in quite snug. Set place entirely on browser, Skype, messenger and desktop, this…
Film Review: Ex Machina (2015)
byA great many science fiction stories have wrestled with the idea of artificial intelligence. In the case of the recent Battlestar Galactica reboot, and…
Film Review: Boychoir (2014)
byThere’s something very cold about classical choirs. Is it the discipline? The lack of warmth in the traditional venues they perform in? Or the…