Feature film reviews
High Rise (2015) – BR/DVD Review
0High Rise is Ben Wheatley’s brings J G Ballard’s novel to the big screen with an unimpeachable style and tone that provides a welcome slap in the face.
Feature film reviews
High Rise is Ben Wheatley’s brings J G Ballard’s novel to the big screen with an unimpeachable style and tone that provides a welcome slap in the face.
Woman on the Run subverts the film noir standards to paint a compelling story about a strong woman up against macho institutions.
A Bigger Splash sees an excellent cast execute solid character studies, but the film’s final destination leaves something to be desired.
Stretching its true story credentials in the name of entertainment, The Colony pits a convincing romance against a tale of Cold War paranoia and ungodly corruption.
Anomalisa looks at the desperate search for happiness through others. This puppet animated feature from Charlie Kaufman feels brutally authentic.
Ivan’s Childhood is the remarkable debut feature from filmmaking great Andrei Tarkovsky that looks at personal suffering and the loss of innocence during World War 2.
Nikkatsu Diamond Guys Volume 2 visits a special period of Japanese cinema from the early 60s and helps to shed light on an overlooked movement.
Holding The Man, based on the memoir by Timothy Conigrave, looks at the forbidden love of two young men in the 1970s, with nods to Romeo and Juliet.
Rams looks at a feud between two brothers who are bound by a common duty to their rams and and a common isolation. Slow but succinct.
Victoria (2015) tells the story of one woman’s series of decisions over the course of a night in Berlin. Impressively it was all shot in one take. Madness!