EPIC SENSIBILITIES Today, if you type ‘Heaven’s Gate’ into Google your first result will be for a Wikipedia entry regarding the San Diego ‘UFO based Doomsday cult’ of the same name. Sadly, similarly to many 1970’s cults, things went south in the form of a mass-suicide as opposed to the interstellar direction its members were […]
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The FILM IN WORDS Netflix Film of the Week: helping you navigate the filmic minefield of the nation’s favourite video streaming service. Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter TIME TO PLAY THE GAME Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a wealthy investment banker. He moves vast amounts of money from here to there for individuals who […]
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Teddy Bear with an AK-47 John Milius’ bear-like shoulders have bore many titles throughout his infamous career in cinema as both a writer and director; visionary, fascist, zen anarchist, threat to western civilization, but most importantly a true filmmaking great. Milius was born and raised in the American Midwestern town of St. Louis, Missouri. The […]
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STREETS OF RAGE Those familiar with Walter Hill’s filmography will also be aware of how the director and screenwriter became an integral part of late seventies, early eighties cult moviemaking. With titles such as The Driver (1978), The Warriors (1979) and Southern Comfort (1981) Hill’s work has grasped hold of generations of viewers with its […]
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TEACHER STUDENT RELATIONSHIP Idealistic Haewon (Jung Eunchae) desperately wants to abscond from a life in which she is simply “just living” day to day in her isolated village on the edge of Seoul, South Korea. Following her mother’s move to Canada in the hope of starting anew, Haewon is left seemingly stranded and alone – […]
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ENJOY THE SILENCE Following a self-imposed exile of nearly fifteen-years, sound-recordist Eoghan leaves Berlin and returns to his native land of Donegal, Ireland. Intending to record the naturalistic melodies of his desolate yet wildly beautiful homeland, Eoghan embarks upon a journey which draws him into a series of surreal and revealing interactions with the land’s […]
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