2018 Oscar Nominated Short Films (Live & Animated)
bySome of the world’s lesser-known issues are given the limelight in this year’s selection of Oscar-nominated shorts, with most films in the live action…
Oscars
Film Review: 20th Century Women (2016)
byReleased in the States last year and in contention for a Best Original screenplay at this year’s Oscars, it wouldn’t be a surprise if…
Film Review: A Man Called Ove (2015)
bySwedish cinema can lay claim to giving the cinematic world more than its fair share of great drama. Think of Ingmar Bergman giving us the…
Film Review: The Salesman (2016)
byAfter making what many consider to be the best film of 2011 with his masterpiece A Separation and competing for the Palme d’Or with…
Film Review: Hidden Figures (2016)
byThe current fascination with American race relations continues like never before in Oscar season 2017. The pallid white-fest of the previous years climaxed famously…
Film Review: Fences (2016)
by“Some people build fences to keep people out…and other people build fences to keep people in” – August Wilson, Fences. Boundaries, borders, divisions, and…
Film Review: Arrival (2016)
byDenis Villeneuve is one of the most talented and exciting directors in contemporary cinema. In Prisoners he portrays vengeful parental anguish with a palpably…
Film Review: Manchester By The Sea (2016)
byFew filmmakers have had such a strong and profound effect on contemporary cinema in the span of just three feature films as writer, director,…
Film Review: Jackie (2016)
byOn November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. In his latest film Jackie, director Pablo Larraín (probably most known for…
Film Review: Embrace of the Serpent (2015)
bySet in the dense Amazon rainforest is Colombia’s entry for Best Foreign Film at last year’s Academy Awards, Embrace of the Serpent. Based on…