Sunday Scare: Deranged
If the prospect of Monday morning wasn’t scary enough, have a frightful end to your weekend with the FILM IN WORDS Sunday Scare.
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THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES REVIEW: BEAUTIFUL & DAMNED
THE MEMORY REMAINS Spanning two decades and focusing upon numerous intricately crafted characters, The Place Beyond the Pines is a brave, bold and wildly beautiful picture show offering a defiant lesson in how to fashion twenty-first century iconography. Reuniting Derek Cianfrance and leading man Ryan Gosling, the pair pick up where they left off with […]
Read MoreWorld In Review: White Elephant
PRIESTS WITHOUT BORDERS Inspired by the true story of Argentinian priest and activist Father Mugica, director Pablo Trapero’s White Elephant follows priests, Julián and Nicolás, and social worker, Luciana throughout their struggle to bring change to the violent, crime-ridden Buenos-Aires neighbourhood slum of Villa Virgin. After narrowly escaping a bloody massacre in the amazon jungle, […]
Read MoreSide Effects Review: Pills, Thrills, and Bellyaches
Tentatively billed as the last major motion picture of veteran director Steven Soderbergh, conspiracy thriller Side Effects had an illustrious career’s worth of cinema to live up to in providing the auteur of ensemble with a fitting farewell to the medium he left an unmistakable signature upon. Spanning from deep cult cinema cuts such as […]
Read MoreDredd Review
I AM THE LAW Despite being largely absent from mainstream popular culture for over fifteen years the character of Judge Dredd has proved one of the most enduring personalities in the canon of graphic novel to big screen adaptations. Regardless of Sylvester Stallone’s heavy-handed portrayal of the futuristic law bringer often falling into the category […]
Read MoreAi Weiwei: Never Sorry
Alison Klayman’s documentary Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry is a highly revealing and often deeply moving portrait of China’s premier artist and perhaps most notorious detractor. Despite previously aiding and abetting in curating the communist state’s declarations of influence and power – participating in the design and construction of Beijing’s now iconic ‘bird’s nest’ Olympic stadium […]
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