Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter A ROOM WITH A NEW VIEW Today it is widely regarded as one the finest French films ever made, yet upon its initial release in 1939, Le Jour Se Lève (Daybreak), was greeted with a far less courteous reception. The Vichy Regime (Marshal Philippe Pétain’s puppet regime during the Nazi […]
Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter GRAND DESIGNS As with any celebrated director, it is their former cinematic glories which so often shape the reception of their latest offering. In the case of Hayao Miyazaki, the renowned seventy-three-year-old Japanese master responsible for such unforgettable pictures as My Neighbour Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away, those former […]
Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter BAD DOG Freshly sober and still wrestling with her inner demons, Emma returns to her childhood home nestled amongst the wild Arkansas Mountains. Unfortunately, the presence of two escaped convicts and a ferocious beast which prowls the surrounding woodland mean that she won’t be getting much R&R during this bloodthirsty […]