Why I Love… #138: Fallen Angels
Year: 1995 Director: Wong Kar Wai Stars: Leon Lai, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Michelle Reis Literally sensational, the cinema of Wong Kar … Continue reading Why I Love… #138: Fallen Angels
Month: August 2021
Review: Candyman (2021)
Director: Nia DaCosta Stars: Teyonah Parris, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Colman Domingo It’s been nearly 30 years since Bernard Rose’s Candyman sent … Continue reading Review: Candyman (2021)
Review: Annette
Director: Leos Carax Stars: Adam Driver, Marion Cotillard, Simon Helberg One imagines a future retirement home for provocateur filmmakers. Gaspar … Continue reading Review: Annette
Review: Purple Sea
Directors: Amel Alzakout, Khaled Abdulwahed Stars: Amel Alzakout While fleeing Syria by sea in 2015, the boat carrying Amel Alzakout capsized, … Continue reading Review: Purple Sea
Review: The Night House
Director: David Bruckner Stars: Rebecca Hall, Stacy Martin, Vondie Curtis-Hall Showing nationwide in multiplexes, The Night House isn’t the easily-digested Friday … Continue reading Review: The Night House
Minutiae: Love in Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
Its exceedingly easy to dismiss the Friday the 13th series. From Sean S Cunningham’s 1980 original through to the trash-humping 2009 … Continue reading Minutiae: Love in Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter
Review: Pig
Director: Michael Sarnoski Stars: Alex Wolff, Nicolas Cage, Adam Arkin While in the process of searching for his beloved truffle-hunting … Continue reading Review: Pig
Review: Come True
Director: Anthony Scott Burns Stars: Julia Sarah Stone, Landon Liboiron, Carlee Ryski There must be something in the water up … Continue reading Review: Come True
Review: Wildland
Director: Jeanette Nordahl Stars: Sandra Gulberg Kampp, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Carla Philip Roder The gender politics of a small-time Danish … Continue reading Review: Wildland
Why I Love… #137: L’Avventura
Year: 1960 Director: Michelangelo Antonioni Stars: Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Gabriele Ferzetti The first and possibly most notorious of Michelangelo … Continue reading Why I Love… #137: L’Avventura
Review: Don’t Breathe 2
Director: Rodo Sayagues Stars: Stephen Lang, Madelyn Grace, Fiona O’Shaughnessy Around five years ago, Don’t Breathe made a little bit of … Continue reading Review: Don’t Breathe 2
Review: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Directors: Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri With The Most Beautiful Boy in the World, Kristina Lindström and Kristian Petri attempt earnestly to make … Continue reading Review: The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Why I Love… #136: Day of the Outlaw
Year: 1959 Director: André de Toth Stars: Robert Ryan, Burl Ives, Tina Louise The Western is a vast country to … Continue reading Why I Love… #136: Day of the Outlaw
Review: Jungle Cruise
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Stars: Emily Blunt, Jack Whitehall, Dwayne Johnson Now, ordinarily, you’d have to drag me to see a … Continue reading Review: Jungle Cruise
Review: Zola
Director: Janicza Bravo Stars: Taylour Paige, Colman Domingo, Riley Keough There are many great opening lines in literature, in plays, … Continue reading Review: Zola
The Lost Highway Hotel 