The Amityville Horror (1979) and the Banality of Domestic Abuse – Retro Review
I’ve been listening to a lot of the You’re Wrong About podcast recently — I’ve devoted the past few days to their series about the...
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Night of the Creeps (1986) Never Fails to Thrill Me – Retro Review
Fred Dekker’s first directorial effort, 1986’s Night of the Creeps, managed to capture elements of classic B movies like 1958’s The Blob and 1968’s Night...
LFF 2020 ‘Ammonite’ Review: Stark, Beautiful, Familiar
Underappreciated palaeontologist Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) works in isolation on the stony beaches of southern England. She lives alone with her elderly mother for whom...
LFF 2020 ‘African Apocalypse’ Review: The Real Heart of Darkness
Femi Nylander explores the story of Paul Voulet, who’s story echoed Joseph Condrad’s novel The Heart of Darkness, a text that many have cited as...
LFF 2020 ‘Possessor’ Review: Gory Sci-Fi Sees Brandon Cronenberg Mature as a Provocateur
Brain-implant technology allows corporate agents to possess another person. With this technology they orchestrate murders. They enter mind of someone well located to their target,...
LFF 2020 ‘Wolfwalkers’ Review: Cartoon Saloon’s Best Film Yet?
Cartoon Saloon are potentially the most exciting animation studio working today. A new film from this studio is guaranteed to contain gorgeous and inventive animation,...
LFF 2020 ‘One Man and his Shoes’ Review: A Mile in Mike’s Shoes
The story of Michael Jordan and his association with Nike Shoes. The film covers the context of the legendary sponsorship, the history of the production...
LFF 2020 ‘Soul’ Review: Inside Out on the Other Side
Joe Gardner (Jaimie Foxx) has died. He was just about to finally get his big break as a jazz pianist, but he walked without looking...
LFF 2020 ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Review: Looking at Other Humans and Actually Seeing Them
Musician, artist and Talking Heads Frontman David Byrne takes to the stage to perform old hits, new compositions and guide a captive audience through a...
LFF 2020 ‘The Salt in our Waters’ Review: Suspicion and Magic in a Bangladeshi Vishing Village
Rudro (Titas Zia) is an artist, specifically a sculptor. After his father dies he abandons city life for a small fishing community in Bangladesh. What...