‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is Hilarious, Spine-tingling and Utterly Gripping.
The less you know about what actually happens in The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the richer your experience of the first act will be....
Author: Paul Salt
‘Thelma’ is a Subtle, Supernatural Character Study
Director Joachim Trier told us that after his drama film Louder than Bombs he wanted to make something more abstract. As such, he decided to...
’78/52′ Gets Right to the Bloody Heart of Hitchcock’s Classic Shower Scene
78 setups for 52 shots. That’s what comprises the infamous shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho and the title of this new documentary about the...
The Best of the Fest: Our London Film Festival Top 10
The 61st London Film Festival is finally over. Of the 241 movies shown at the festival I managed to see a measly 40. Covering a...
‘Brawl in Cell Block 99’ Review: Vince Vaughn Convinces as the Big Badass You Don’t Want to Mess With
Bone Tomahawk was a savage but highly inventive film. Writer director S. Craig Zahler has followed this horror western up with a tense and equally...
From the London Film Festival 2017 ‘Jailbreak’ Has Some of the Best Fight Scenes This Side of The Raid
Cambodia’s answer to The Raid? Actor Jean-Paul Ly revealed to us that the Cambodian film industry is very young. It’s first modern cinema opened only...
From the London Film Festival 2017: ‘Beyond the Clouds’
The first Indian film by Iranian film maker, Majid Majidi, Beyond the Clouds is a crime drama set in Mumbai. Aamir (Ishaan Khattar) is a...
From The London Film Festival 2017: ‘Grain’ is a Tarkovsky Influenced Sci-Fi in Stunning Black and White
In a post-apocalyptic thriller where a manmade grain has supplanted all other crops but is now beginning to fail, a lone scientist leaves the safety...
‘Call Me By Your Name’ is Like Going on a Perfect Vacation, with Added Homoeroticism
Elio (Timothée Chalamet) lives an idyllic existence living with his family in their villa in rural Northern Italy. When one of his father’s students, Oliver...
From the London Film Festival: ‘A Prayer Before Dawn’ is a Bone Crunchingly Violent Prison Drama
Life in a Thai prison is hellish in A Prayer Before Dawn. Recounting the real life experiences of Billy Moore, a young man is sent...