2013 in review: New Films

The general consensus about 2013 seems to be that it was a ‘good year’. Certainly the major film festivals (and Continue reading →

2013 in review – Part 2: Old Film Watching

Sight and Sound Poll Top 250 At this time of year I usually take stock of where I stand in Continue reading →

Astray Dogs

****MASSIVE SPOILERS**** I’ve been meaning to write something about Tsia Ming-liang’s Stray Dogs for some time but am only just Continue reading →

London Film Festival 2013: collated links

—– The London Film Festival is over for another year and it was a pretty decent year. Notably, the organisation Continue reading →

LFF: Sixteen/Of Good Report

      Here’s a review I wrote of two films at the 2013 London Film Festival: Rob Brown’s Sixteen Continue reading →

Schrader and The Canyons

    Three of my favourite film writers have come out in support of Paul Schrader’s largely dismissed digital effort Continue reading →

EIFF 2013: Leviathan, Bonner, Meadow Mari

I’m not actually attending the Edinburgh Film Festival this year, but here are some short reviews of some of the Continue reading →

EIFF 2013: Peril, Cousins, Chameleon

I’m not actually attending the Edinburgh Film Festival this year, but here are some short reviews of some of the Continue reading →