Category: Reviews
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The Handmaiden – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Park Chan-wook’s The Handmaiden is like a corkscrew: the plot slowly twisting and turning, but gradually focusing in on one point… Read More >
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The Daughter – Review
Stone also manages to avoid entering into the realm of the melodrama, which is another tough ask when dealing with such an implicative narrative surrounding a myriad of characters and intersecting plot-lines… Read More >
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Hell or High Water – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Hell or High Water is a fine little thriller, an enjoyable and smart cops and robber caper that sees David Mackenzie stretching himself as a filmmaker… Read More >
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Loving – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Jeff Nichols’ Loving is an emotional, political and handsomely crafted period drama. Read More >
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Paterson – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Paterson is, for the most part, simply wonderful from beginning to end. A gorgeous, dreamy experience that you’ll never want to end. Read More >
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Toni Erdmann – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Toni Erdmann is so many things at once, and all of them are wonderful and perfectly crafted. A masterpiece that was easily worth the seven year wait. Read More >
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Sieranevada – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Sieranevada is a funny and deliberately frustrating film… Read More >
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Staying Vertical – Review (Cannes Film Festival)
Staying Vertical touches on some neat ideas, including concepts surrounding male crises – especially how useless they may be when women leave them – but Guiraudie is generally just skimming along the surface rather than diving deep in. 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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