Category: Reviews
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The Trust – Review
The Trust appears as though something of a B-movie, and yet has many layers to unravel and unforeseen depth. Read More >
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Elle – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Paul Verhoeven’s Elle is the kind of dangerous and thought-provoking cinema that gets one’s mind racing and leads to deep thought and impassioned arguments. Read More >
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The Neon Demon – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
A frequently nasty film, The Neon Demon represents both the zenith and nadir of Nicolas Winding Refn’s career. Read More >
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Personal Shopper – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Whilst there are missteps in Personal Shopper, including some special effects moments that feel a tad silly even, there is more working here than isn’t. Read More >
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Clash – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Mohamed Diab’s Clash is an energetic thriller, with an interesting political angle. Read More >
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Money Monster – Review
Aside from being consistently thrilling and surprisingly humorous at times, Money Monster provides a timely message about the risk of getting involved with Wall Street. Read More >
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Our Kind of Traitor – Review
There’s a certain sadness that is prevalent within the work of le Carré, and it’s on show within Our Kind of Traitor… Read More >
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Green Room – Review
There’s a moment in Green Room where our bloody-minded punk-rocker protagonists face their ultimate fear: the opportunity to follow-up their ideology with action.The moment is when they’re locked behind a door, the other side of which awaits a veritable army of skinheads ready to rip them limb from limb. But let’s hit pause right there,… Read More >
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Bastille Day – Review
Though there is potential in Bastille Day’s complex narrative, it grows to be so remarkably absurd; and while unrelenting in its approach, it is suffocated by its own inanity. Read More >
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Three Days of the Condor – Review
Robert Redford is always on the move in his pictures. In Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, he was on the run from the law; in The Sting, he’s constantly circling his mark; and in A Walk in the Woods, he’s simply walking. The peak-Redford era hit Three Days of the Condor, receiving a magnificent… Read More >
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