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 […]
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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, […]
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Following a world tour to celebrate the 10th anniversary reissue of their singular seminal album and 21st century electronica tour de force, Give Up, The Postal Service will seemingly hang up their keyboards for good tonight. What initially began as side project accommodating Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello’s (Dntel) more experimental […]
Read MoreFor almost two decades Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn has captivated audiences with his unique brand of brutally hypnotic filmmaking. Brandishing a highly stylised and effortlessly cool trademark, only matched, and often surpassed by his visceral penchant for ultra-violence, Refn has slowly but surely carved a path through World and Hollywood cinema. From his infamous […]
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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 […]
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