Upstream Color

*Contains spoilers, so best read after seeing the film* We’ve been waiting a long time for Shane Carruth to deliver Continue reading →

Spring Breakers, To The Wonder, Dans la maison, Neighbouring Sounds

  Spring Breakers The first thing most observers will note about Spring Breakers is that it (purposefully) exhibits the hypocrisy Continue reading →

Capsule reviews: Side Effects, Stoker, Cloud Atlas

  Side Effects Steven Sodeburgh very capably directs an intelligent script in a film which may or may not turn out Continue reading →

Rotterdam 2013: capsule reviews

    I didn’t attend Rotterdam International Film Festival 2013, but thanks to the joys of modern technology I managed Continue reading →

ZD30: my take

I’m going to limit this piece to a pure consideration of the moral controversy surrounding the film’s depiction of torture, Continue reading →

Lincoln: thoughts

In the last few years the dialogue-driven procedural-thriller approach of Sidney Lumet’s All The President’s Men has risen to become Continue reading →

Flight: thoughts

Robert Zemeckis makes a bid to be taken seriously as a director capable of crafting a serious, adult drama with Continue reading →

Django: thoughts

Django Unchained (spoilers therein) I find it fairly bemusing that some critics have seen Django Unchained is a return to Continue reading →