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
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…
Film Review: Doctor Strange (2016)
byHow do we critique Marvel movies when they feel so difficult to orient in the wider framework of film? The problem is they are,…
Film review: I, Daniel Blake (2016)
byI, Daniel Blake is the Palme D’Or recipient for 2016 and the latest feature of underground British cinema king Ken Loach. Dave Johns delivers a no…
Film Review : Hell or High Water (2016)
byComing out of David Mackenzie’s Hell or High Water it’s hard to know how to feel. Not in the sense that this is complex and…