Film Review: The Hole in the Ground (2019)
byIn the last few years horror films have developed a fascination with parental anxiety. Perhaps it’s the reality of climate change sparking fear about…
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Film Review: Celebration (2007)
byTwo decades after it was filmed, Celebration: Yves Saint Laurent, Olivier Meyrou’s brilliant fly-on-the-wall documentary celebrating the last of the great couturiers of Paris, is finally…
Film Review: Woman at War (2018)
byThe setting for a film titled Woman at War in any other country would almost be self-explanatory, but in Iceland you can be assured…
Film Review: Wine Calling (2018)
byIn the foothills of the Pyrenees, rebels have invaded the vineyards. Row upon row of grapes sit and ferment in their own natural way,…
Film Review: An Impossible Love (2018)
byYour parents’ relationship plays a big part in shaping who you are. Basic assumptions on many things are forged in the fires of childhood,…
Film Review: Revenge (2017)
byRevenge, the debut film of French writer/director Coralie Fargeat, is bonkers. Absolute, balls to the wall, insanity that arrives on screen like a sledgehammer…
Film Review: The Wild Boys (2017)
byThe film opens in black and white on a secluded beach at night. A young man narrating the sequence is saved from a lion…
Film Review: Everybody Knows (2018)
byAsghar Farhadi has done everything right for Everybody Knows —almost. He’s got the postcard-perfect rural Spanish town, the star-studded cast, the promising and pulsing trailer,…
Film Review: The Guilty (2018)
byFilms taking place in a single setting face distinct challenges. But, if done well, these challenges can be converted into opportunities which only highlight,…
Film Review: At Eternity’s Gate (2018)
byThe life and death of Vincent Van Gogh has been an obsession of the art world for 128 years now, and still the vision…