Film Review: The Seagull
Russia has a rich and diverse history when it comes to literature and the arts. One of the greatest playwrights to hail from the ‘motherland’ is Anton Chekhov. His greatest works are considered to be The Cherry Orchard, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters and The Seagull. However, after the negative reaction to the premiere of the …
Incoming: The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) looks the part of a perfect high school girl. But after she’s caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, Cameron is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy center that treats teens “struggling with same-sex attraction.” At the facility, Cameron is subjected to …
Incoming: Cold War
Paweł Pawlikowski follows his Oscar-winning Ida with the stunning Cold War, an epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. Cold War is out in cinemas from 31 August.
Blu-Ray Review: Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji
Whilst the country found itself in a deep depression after defeat in World War II and subsequent occupation, the 1950s is considered to be the golden age of Japanese cinema. Three of the greatest films of all time (Rashomon and Seven Samurai – Akira Kurosawa and Tokyo Story – Yasujirō Ozu) were released that decade, …
Blu-ray Review: Custody
Divorce or separation is never an easy time for those involved but it’s often the children who suffer the most. It’s all too common for adults to get caught-up in their own personal conflicts and not realise the impact their animosity is having on their loved ones. This is the subject of actor turned director …
Incoming: Searching
After David Kim (John Cho)’s 16-year-old daughter goes missing, a local investigation is opened and a detective is assigned to the case. But 37 hours later and without a single lead, David decides to search the one place no one has looked yet, where all secrets are kept today: his daughter’s laptop. In a hyper-modern …
Film Review: The Man from Mo’Wax
In 1992, James Lavelle founded Mo’Wax Records and revolutionised the British music industry. Along with Tim Goldsworthy, the teenager, who had been DJing since the age of 14, brought a new wave of musical creativity to an unsuspecting public. Focussing on trip hop, hip hop and breaks, Mo’ Wax released records by the likes of …
Incoming: The Happytime Murders
Starring Melissa McCarthy, The Happytime Murders is set in the underbelly of Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist. Two clashing detectives, one human and one puppet, are forced to work together to try and solve who is brutally murdering the former cast of ‘The Happytime Gang’, a beloved classic puppet show. The Happytime Murders …
Blu-Ray Review: I Vitelloni
Federico Fellini was one of the greatest directors and screenwriters ever to work in Italian cinema. Films such as 8 ½, La Dolce Vita, La Strada and The Night of Cabaria still regularly feature in ‘best-of’ lists and grace special screenings and retrospectives around the world. After beginning his career as an assistant and writer …
Film Review – The Strangers: Prey at Night
Horror is a genre which loves its franchises, but the success of a film doesn’t necessarily guarantee money will be invested in a sequel. Even when it is, the results tend to be less than pretty and often become a pale shadow of the original. Conversely, given the low budgets often involved, a bad film …