It might not officially be The 12 Days of Christmas, but FILM IN WORDS will still fill your festive viewing schedule with cheer. From beloved movies that have become an irreplaceable holiday tradition to cult and lesser known Xmas cuts that promise to subvert and haunt your holidays, there’s something for everyone all the way […]
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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 MODERN LOVE SCENES As the buzz for Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s latest collaboration, Mistress America, feverishly encircles indie cinema lovers in the same manner as a […]
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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter A deeply unsettling atmosphere radiates from the visuals of Tsai Ming Ling’s critically lauded 2013 Taiwanese-French drama, Stray Dogs. It is as though a set of gnarled fingers are slowly reaching out from the screen, inching ever closer and forming a deathly grasp around your neck. The picture’s opening scene depicts a […]
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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter ERIC’S BEEN BLOWN UP Britain has a rich and long history of producing some of cinema’s most memorable and characterful crime films. From Mike Hodges’ Get Carter to Guy Ritchie’s Snatch, those quintessentially British quirks and traits – whether it is a regional accent or a blackly comic sense of […]
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Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter EXPRESS DELIVERY Martin Brest’s Midnight Run is the kind of movie you discover while idly flicking through your television’s countless channels in the middle of the night. It’s the kind of movie that even if you stumble across its cross-country antics at the halfway point, you still stick around for […]
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