Drama

Succession TV Show Review: A Masterclass in Family Drama

Although he has no plans to step aside as the head of Waystar Royco, the international media conglomerate controlled by his family, aging patriarch Logan Roy is contemplating what the future holds. He has lingered in the limelight longer than even he thought he would, and now family members want to run the company as […]

Succession TV Show Review: A Masterclass in Family Drama

Drama

In the Mood for Love

I feel as if In the Mood for Love is just about impossible to write about. A lot of films benefit from a lot of analysis, making what you see on screen that much more clear and powerful, or perhaps even that much more expansive and mysterious in its ideas. I watched In the Mood […]

In the Mood for Love

Drama

Paris, Texas

“But what that Comanche believes, ain’t got no eyes, he can’t enter the spirit-land. Has to wander forever between the winds.” -Ethan Edwards (John Wayne) in The Searchers Paris, Texas is a difficult film, and though I have come to love it by thinking it over the past couple days, I do not think it’s […]

Paris, Texas

Drama

‘Lamb’ Review: Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Stunning Debut Is A Brutal, Haunting Icelandic Folklore

It’s impossible to talk about “Lamb,” the Icelandic creature thriller, without revealing its central theme. Co-written by first-time-writer/director Valdimar Jóhannsson, who used to work as a special effects crew for Hollywood blockbusters like “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Prometheus,” and Icelandic poet Sjón, “Lamb” might be the oddest film you will ever see […]

‘Lamb’ Review: Valdimar Jóhannsson’s Stunning Debut Is A Brutal, Haunting Icelandic Folklore

Drama

SAT 03 AUG: THE TEACHERS LOUNGE (12A)

A smart and provocative modern parable with the heart of a thriller, The Teachers’ Lounge brilliantly uses its setting as the backdrop for a look at how quickly even tight-knit communities can be destabilized. Carla Nowak, a dedicated sports and math teacher, starts her first job at a high school. When a series of thefts […]

SAT 03 AUG: THE TEACHERS LOUNGE (12A)

Dark Comedy

Kafka

While cinematic adaptations of novels are common and biopics about famous writers are hardly exceptional, a film made to put a real author through fictions similar to his or her own work is something else. That is the central issue in Steven Soderbergh’s Kafka, a taut nightmare that never quite convinces its purpose is equal […]

Kafka

Comedy

“Saute ma ville”, dit-elle: On Chantal and Being (Miserably) Alive

I don’t remember when I watched Chantal Akerman’s Saute ma ville for the first time. Or how many times I watched it again. The only thing I’m sure is that every time I watch it, I feel like the death is calling me, with its hysterical laugh in my ears. So familiar yet so terrifying. […]

“Saute ma ville”, dit-elle: On Chantal and Being (Miserably) Alive

Drama

Past Lives: 21. yüzyılda aşk hâlâ mümkün mü?

Tarihte küreselliğin ve bireyselliğin en fazla arttığı çağda yaşıyoruz desem, eminim çoğunuz bana katılacaktır. Fizikî sınırların bazı açılardan anlamsızlaştığı bu çağda, bireyler de -daha önce hiç olmadığı kadar- kendi yaşamları üzerinde karar verme özgürlüğüne sahip. Yeterli paranız ve/veya eğitim altyapınız varsa istediğiniz ülkede, istediğiniz şekilde yaşayabilirsiniz (en azından teoride). Böyle bir dünyada birine bağlanarak diğer […]

Past Lives: 21. yüzyılda aşk hâlâ mümkün mü?

Drama

Here

Robert Zemeckis, Tom Hanks and Robin Wright have reunited on screen once again for this new film called Here. Zemeckis, Hanks and Wright were all together for Forrest Gump, and now they are focusing on a specific house. This film has a specific gimmick to it. The camera was stoic, steady and unmoving for the […]

Here

Dark Comedy

REVIEW: “The Substance” (2024)

The buzz has been off the charts for “The Substance” following its May world premiere at the 77th Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for Best Screenplay. Since then it has only gained momentum, recently showing at the Toronto Independent Film Festival where it took home one of the People’s Choice awards. Now […]

REVIEW: “The Substance” (2024)

Crime

Point Blank (1967)

John Boorman directs Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson and John Vernon in this classic thriller where a left-for-dead career criminal stalks the partner, the wife and the organisation who have his $93,000. Richard Stark’s The Hunter is one of my favourite novels. A focussed, resourceful and amoral individual taking down a syndicate that is too big […]

Point Blank (1967)

Drama

Janet Planet

Janet Planet focuses on the complicated bond between mother and daughter yet the overall expression of the story is too slow to capitalize on any clear emotion, save for regret.

Janet Planet

Comedy

Edinburgh International Film Festival: Timestalker Review

For the final film I’m reviewing at the Edinburgh Film Festival, I decided to go for one of the big ones showing at the festival. I’ve been a fan of Alice Lowe since the release of Sightseers in 2012 and I’ve always been interested to see what she does. I enjoyed Prevenge when that was […]

Edinburgh International Film Festival: Timestalker Review

Biography

New biopic ‘The Apprentice’ charts Donald Trump’s rise and subsequent notoriety in the world of business

Love, like or loathe Donald Trump, it’s difficult to deny the guy does have charisma. And he’s led quite the charmed life. A big chunk of Trump’s life is presented in shiny biographical form in new movie ‘The Apprentice’ by Iranian-Danish filmmaker Ali Abbasi – a film that garnered quite the buzz at its premiere […]

New biopic ‘The Apprentice’ charts Donald Trump’s rise and subsequent notoriety in the world of business

Biography

The Apprentice – A Cautionary Tale Biopic

What more can be said about Donald Trump? Like him or not, he and his influence are everywhere for better or worse. A New York City real estate mogul turned one-time President of the United States, the impact of the polarizing figure will undoubtedly be felt for generations to come. Running once again for President…

The Apprentice – A Cautionary Tale Biopic

Crime

Movie Review: “Green Night”

An airport security guard finds her life upended by a sketchy/flirty pixie in green hair and fingernails in “Green Night,” a Chinese romantic thriller starring Fan Bingbing that gives international exposure to Ms. Trouble in Green, Korean starlet Lee Joo-young. Our heroine is one of those nameless global functionaries with a metal detector wand who […]

Movie Review: Chinese expat learns to trust “luck” on her “Green Night” with a Korean Drug-smuggling Pixie

Biography

‘Saturday Night’- Film Review

Jason Reitman takes us back to 1975 to the behind-the-scenes production madness of the first broadcast of SNL. Is it worth checking out for longtime fans of the iconic sketch comedy series? DC Bolling gives us his thoughts on Saturday Night!

‘Saturday Night’- Film Review: The Behind the Scenes Madness of SNL’s First Episode is One of Jason Reitman’s Very Best

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