‘Sunset’ Review: Labyrinthine Period Thriller From Son Of Saul Director
A young woman (Juli Jakab) returns to her parents hat company to find work following their deaths. Initially turned down she finds her self caught between...
Month: October 2018
‘The Sisters Brothers’ Review: Brilliantly Acted, Violent Western
Eli and Charlie Sisters (John C. Reilly and Joaquin Phoenix) are hired guns working for the commodore. They are tasked with pursuing Herman Kermit Warm (Riz...
‘The Green Fog’ Review: Surreal Tribute To Vertigo And San Francisco
The story of Vertigo is retold using footage from dozens of films set in San Francisco. These include comedies, thrillers and dramas. The eclectic scenes are...
‘A Private War’ Review: Moving Tribute To A Powerful Journalist
Rosamund Pike plays Marie Colvin, a war correspondant for The Times. The film begins 11 years before her death and details her work in Sri...
‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ Review: Eerie Tale of Jealousy And Talent Lost
Lisa Spinelli (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a kindergarten teacher who writes poetry that fails to impress her class and who is losing her pride in her...
‘Outlaw King’ Review: Stern But Fun Historical Epic
Robert The Bruce swears fielty to King Edward I after the Battle of Stirling. But after the death of William Wallace, the will to fight...
‘Birds of Passage’ Review: The Tragic Early Days Of The Columbian Drug Trade
In 1960s Columbia, the Wayuu family are going to get involved in the newly emergent drugs trade. As the business tears it’s claws into the...
‘Suspiria’ Review: A Terrifying Expansion On The Original
Susie Bannion (Dakota Johnson) attends an exclusive modern dance school in 1977. She soon learns that there is something sinister at work in this school and...
‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Review: A fun If Messy Fantasy Adventure
Toby Grisoni (Adam Driver) is trying to direct a movie about Don Quixote, a film he already made as a student project some ten years...
‘Dragged Across Concrete’ Review: Brutal Thriller starring Mel Gibson as a Problematic Cop
Brett Ridgeman (Mel Gibson) and Anthony Lurasetti (Vince Vaughan) get suspended from the police force after a heavy-handed arrest in which they physically abuse a...