Film Review: Widows (2018)
byA film passes the Bechdel test when it meets three criteria: “(1) it has to have at least two women in it, who (2)…
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Film Review: ’71 (2015)
byCatholic Nationalists. Protestant Loyalists. The Troubles. Gary Hook (Jack O’Connell) is a young British soldier trained for warfare with ambitions of being sent abroad….
Film Review: Seven Samurai (1954)
byEarly in Seven Samurai (Shichinin no samurai) the wise Kambei Shimada (Takashi Shimura) explains, ‘I’m not a man with any special skills, but I’ve…
Film Review: 12 Years a Slave (2013)
bySteve McQueen really does have a thing for the embattled and imprisoned protagonist. His three feature films to date have focused on an Irish republican leading a hunger strike in Hunger, a sex-addict slipping deeper into the despair of his compulsion in Shame, and now the agonising capture and slavery of freeman Solomon Northrop in 12 Years a Slave.
Film Review: Thanks For Sharing (2013)
byPremiering at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, Thanks for Sharing is the directorial debut for filmmaker Stuart Blumberg, the savvy scribbler behind the Oscar…