Review: The Assistant
Director: Kitty Green Stars: Julia Garner, Matthew Macfayden, Makenzie Leigh Part of my lockdown pattern so far has involved rewatching … Continue reading Review: The Assistant
Month: April 2020
Review: Sergio (2020)
Director: Greg Barker Stars: Ana de Armas, Wagner Moura, Garret Dillahunt Another week in lockdown, another Netflix Original. Credit to … Continue reading Review: Sergio (2020)
Review: System Crasher
Director: Nora Fingscheidt Stars: Helena Zengel, Albrecht Schuch, Gabriela Maria Schmeide With her ubiquitous bright pink puffer jacket, nine-year-old tearaway … Continue reading Review: System Crasher
Why I Love… #113: L’Eclisse
Year: 1962 Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Stars: Monica Vitti, Alain Delon, Francisco Rabal At the time of writing the UK is … Continue reading Why I Love… #113: L’Eclisse
What About… Prometheus
It was doomed, in a way. Having weathered the Grand Guignol misfire of 1997’s Alien Resurrection, and ran the gauntlet … Continue reading What About… Prometheus
Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Found Footage
Horror cinema’s least forgiving subgenre is the found footage movie. Shoestring budgets that often produce huge returns on minimal investments, … Continue reading Stay-At-Home Film Festival: Found Footage
Why I Love… #112: Candyman
Year: 1992 Director: Bernard Rose Stars: Virginia Madsen, Tony Todd, Kasi Lemmons Growing up as a sheltered white kid on … Continue reading Why I Love… #112: Candyman
Review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Director: Eliza Hittman Stars: Sidney Flanigan, Talia Ryder, Théodore Pellerin Eliza Hittman’s second feature Beach Rats was one of my favourite … Continue reading Review: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
The Lost Highway Hotel 