Blu-Ray Review: Four Film Noir Classics
Between the beginning of the 1940s and end of the 1950s, the most exciting genre in American cinema was undoubtedly film noir. With its mix of stylistic black and white (often experimental) visuals, hard-nosed protagonists and femme fatales, it still remains influential on modern cinema. The likes of D.O.A., The Big Heat, Double Indemnity, In …
Incoming: Ingrid Goes West
Following the death of her mother and a series of self-inflicted setbacks, young Ingrid Thorburn (Aubrey Plaza) escapes a humdrum existence by moving out West to befriend her Instagram obsession, a Los Angeles socialite named Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen). After a quick bond is forged between these unlikeliest of buddies, the facade begins to crack …
Film Review: Trophy
There are more predators in South Africa now than one hundred years ago. This is the contradiction at the heart of Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz’s new film Trophy. Like most right-minded people, I believe trophy hunting to be absolutely abhorrent. The thought of rich North Americans flying out to Africa so they murder a …
Incoming: Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
Liverpool, 1979: What starts as a vibrant affair between a legendary femme fatale and her young lover quickly grows into a deeper relationship, with Turner being the one person Gloria allows herself to turn to for comfort and strength. Their passion and lust for life is tested to the limits by events beyond their control. …
Blu-Ray Review: Goldstone
Cinema hasn’t really painted rural Australia as the perfect place to visit on a vacation. Sure, it all looked rather pretty in Walkabout, but don’t be fooled by appearances. The likes of Wake in Fright, Wolf Creek and Mystery Road hardly portray the outback as a pleasant place to live. Especially if you’re a member …
Incoming: Only The Brave
All men are created equal… then, a few become firefighters. Only the Brave, based on the True Story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, is the heroic story of one unit of local firefighters that through hope, determination, sacrifice, and the drive to protect families, communities, and our country become one of the most elite firefighting …
Film Review: Maynard
When Barrack Obama became the first black American president, he created history. It was the culmination of the hard work and struggle of many through the civil rights movement and beyond. One of the pivotal figures in black political history was Maynard Jackson. When he was elected Mayor of Atlanta in 1973 he became the …
Incoming: The Florida Project
The Florida Project tells the story of a precocious six-year-old and her rag-tag group of close friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure, while their parents and the adults around them struggle with hard times. The Florida Project is in cinemas from Friday.
Film Review: Marjorie Prime
1 in 6 people over the age of 60 in the UK have dementia and someone develops the disease every 3 minutes. Last year, 18% of the British population was over 65. This figure is set to rise sharply, largely due to advancements in medical science and the lack of major wars or epidemics. We …
Film Review: The Last Animals
We, as humans, quite often do the most unspeakable things to animals. If we’re not caging them for our own entertainment we’re battery-rearing them to fill our incredibly increasing stomachs. Undoubtedly, in my mind, our worst sin is the destruction of animals for our own vane pleasures. The most heinous crime, shark fins and foie …