Independent film used to mean something, but with the rise of the internet, this has shifted 180 to the point where young filmmakers need to carve out their own niche in order to stand out from the staggering mass of people acting under the indie film umbrella. Joshua Mond along […]
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Rams (2015) Grímur Hákonarson emerges onto the front page of world cinema (Review)
Winner of the 2015 ‘Un Certain regard’ strand at Cannes and a film of intriguing realism is Rams. Grímur Hákonarson’s critically acclaimed film is the story of a rural Icelandic sheep farming community ravaged by the fatal, degenerative disease Scrapie. The film opens with Brothers Gummi (Sigurður Sigurjónsson) and Kiddi […]
Just Jim (2015) Just another low-key actor/director project, only with a surrealist edge (Review)
The Reflecting Skin (1990) Even with a few wrinkles, this is an anti-vampire masterpiece (Review)
Poet, Author and Film Maker Philip Ridley made his directorial debut in 1990 with this 1950 set American Prairie Horror. Thanks to the pulpy novels read his Dad the young Seth Dove (Jeremy Cooper) believes his secretive neighbour, Dolphin Blue (Lindsay Duncan), to be a Vampire; that belief isn’t helped […]
By Our Selves (2015) An Andrew Kötting Appreciation
Jauja (2014) A Western Blend of South America & Scandinavia (Review)
Jauja, in Peru, was once thought to be a Mecca of milk and honey. Thought unreachable by man, something attested to by the number of people who went missing while searching for it. Both the aforementioned geographic and mythical hold weight in Lisandro Alonso’s award-winning film of the same name. This exemplary instance […]
Electricity (2014): Unforgettable Showcase of Agyness Deyn’s acting talent (Review)
Right at the start of Bryn Higgins’s sophomore film, there’s a credit for the Wellcome Trust as producers. Having one of the world’s largest financiers of cutting-edge medical research in your opening credits sets out a mission statement; when it comes to medical accuracy, this tale of an epileptic girl […]
Omar (2014) Love & Crusade in Superlative Palestinian Drama (Review)
Half of a Yellow Sun (2014): More stage play than Nigerian War Drama (Review)
Half of a Yellow Sun is a novel by Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie which recounts the Biafran war from a personal and not military perspective. Charged with adapting this 2007 award-winning book is first time director and playwright Biyi Bandele. Where the book focused on the two sisters, Bandele […]