This stunning debut in auteurist filmmaking by actor-turned-director Brady Corbet is a snapshot in the life of a 10-year-old boy whose father is an American … More
Category: Recent Releases
Beasts of No Nation (2015)
Cary Fukunaga’s war drama Beasts of No Nation is an outstanding contribution to cinema. Absorption of the film’s devastating content … More
The Selfish Giant (2013)
Beauty can be painfully raw and hopeless … in the hands of the right writer/director. Clio Barnard has put together … More
Locke (2013)
Depending on the culture of your country and the management of your local cinema, intermissions are either the accepted norm or an … More
Django Unchained (2012)
Is there any limit to the fun you can have watching a movie! Quentin Tarantino keeps banging out hit after … More
Behind the Candelabra (2013)
If a director can take a subject which I could not care less about and enthral me for two hours, … More
Rush (2013)
2013 was a bumper year for well-made films. One of the best of these is Rush, a biopic which documents … More
Only God Forgives (2013)
I have watched Only God Forgives twice now. Like Drive (2011) – director Nicolas Winding Refn, actor Ryan Gosling, and musician Cliff Martinez’s last collaboration … More
Mud (2012)
It is a long time since I have seen a coming-of-age movie. Watching Mud reminded me that when done well, … More
Sightseers (2012)
The other day I laughed A LOT! I watched Sightseers (2012), the follow up to Ben Wheatley’s excellent crime horror thriller Kill List … More
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
What a wonderful, beautiful, enchanting and original film this is. It is also dramatic, sad and frightening. Beasts of the … More
The Hunt (2012)
This powerful and frightening drama from Denmark is not to be missed. Expertly filmed and acted, this is edge-of-your-seat cinema … More