DVD Review: V/H/S
There aren’t many genres as prone to cliché as the horror genre, and there aren’t many sub-genres more contrived than found footage. So the combination of the two is bound to raise eyebrows – and...
View ArticleFilm Review: To The Wonder
Terrence Malick’s sixth film in forty years is his most brazenly experimental to date, eschewing traditional narrative form in favour of an abstract and expressionistic musing on love. Of course, the...
View ArticleDVD Review: Amour
A lot has already been written about Michael Haneke’s Palme D’Or winning, Oscar nominated film Amour, so you should at least have some idea of what you’re getting into. Amour is a relentlessly brutal...
View ArticleReview: Spring Breakers
Set on the sunkissed beaches of Florida, Harmony Korine’s latest provocation sees a group of bored college girls fall in with a bad crowd while (or instead of) living it up on spring break. Considering...
View ArticleReview: Iron Man 3
When it comes to sequels, the latter films tend to diminish in quality with characters and storyline. However when it comes to the latest instalment of the Iron Man franchise, it would seem to buck the...
View ArticleReview: Mud
Opening and closing with boats hurtling along a river, Jeff Nichols’ Mud is a film bookended by a desire for freedom. On one side, two young boys, Ellis and Neckbone, go looking for grown-up adventures...
View ArticleReview: The Great Gatsby
“I like large parties. They’re so intimate. At small parties there isn’t any privacy” says Jordan Baker, one of the many socialites who flock to the extraordinary parties of the enigmatic millionaire...
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