Film Review: Love It Was Not
Films about World War II, and particularly the Holocaust, tend to be very black and white. The Nazis were the bad guys and everyone else was just an innocent victim.…
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Film Review: Red Heaven
As the Earth begins to falter at an increasingly accelerated rate, largely due to the abuses of humankind, the thoughts of many turn to the stars. While billionaires see space…
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Film Review: Ida Red
When it comes to crime, it’s often best to keep it in the family. From the Italian mafiosi to Japanese Yakuza, organised crime often involves a complex hierarchy of familial…
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Film Review: Bull
There’s seems to be something that the British, in particular, find fascinating about gangsters. While other countries have their own versions (Yakuza, Triads, Mafiosi etc), our hard men tend to…
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LKFF Review: Collectors
There’s something about a good adventure yarn which feels inherently satisfying. Treasure hunters like Indiana Jones, Laura Croft or Nathan Drake capture the imaginations of both the young and old.…
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Film Review: Dead & Beautiful
With the publication of his novel Dracula, Bram Stoker brought the concept of vampirism to the masses. While entities with vampiric tendencies have existed in folklore dating back to ancient…
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Film Review: Beans
Ever since the first Europeans set foot on North American soil there have been tensions between the colonisers and the indigenous peoples. While disputes no longer (usually) end in bloodshed,…
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Blu-Ray Review: Spirited Away 20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
While the work of Studio Ghibli was familiar to many film fans around the world before the release of Spirited Away, it was their 2001 film that (finally) brought their…
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LKFF Review: Climbing
The pressure placed on young athletes to succeed is phenomenal. We have all heard tales of pushy parents and ‘soccer moms’, but when you reach the highest echelons of your…
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Film Review: North by Current
Families are complex units but words and actions, often spoken or taken in the heat of the moment, can resonate across a life. The beliefs and moral values parents impose…
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