Movies
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The Debut – first-look review
In the opening chapter of ‘Revolutionary Road’, Richard Yates’ classic 1962 novel of postwar suburban discontent, the young parents of a Connecticut…
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The Last Photograph – first-look review
The titular last photograph in Zack Snyder’s morally vile, intellectually void, badly made and interminably dull The Last Photograph is a nude. Ethan…
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Widow’s Bay, Furious, and Sterling Point: How TV…
Variations of the phrase “10-hour movie” are synonymous with creators and actors seeking to prove that their project has more…
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Barrio Triste review – a haunting requiem for the…
The sensation of the fabric of the everyday world being ripped apart to afford a glimpse of something shocking lying beneath…
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Oasis – first-look review | Little White Lies
Mentored by Jessica Hausner and a former assistant to Michael Haneke, German filmmaker Jannis Lenz certainly has the pedigree to announce…
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Everybody Wants to F*ck Me – first-look review
You can tell a lot about a rom-com from the posters the characters have on their wall. The morning after Adam (Taron…
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Bad Apples review – twisted black comedy
There’s a scene early on in Bad Apples where Saoirse Ronan’s overworked and frustrated primary school teacher Maria becomes distracted from…
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Queen at Sea review – a harrowing vision of the…
In 2008, you couldn’t move for the column inches proclaiming American filmmaker Lance Hammer to the Next Big Thing on…
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Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore? review – a…
Nostalgia fuels reunion tours, and Pulp are no exception. But what makes Pulp: What Do You Do for an Encore?…
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The Face of Horror – first-look review
Anna Biller’s films are skin-deep – but how deep the skin is! In perhaps no working director’s films is makeup…
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