Animals is the story of a young homeless couple who live in a broken car. They cruise around, killing time, and they steal in order to fund their spiraling heroin addiction. Animals is a low budget indie that considers some … Continue reading Animals (2014) Film Review: Love and Hard Drugs
John Maclean’s directorial debut is a film for fans of cinema. It riffs on Western genre conventions, its cinematography, and the traditionally romanticised outlaw narrative. There’s a simplicity at the heart of the narrative of the Old West, its gunslingers, … Continue reading Slow West (2015) Film Review
Peter Strickland’s film is a character study that considers the structures of power within a lesbian relationship as they fluctuate between dominance and subservience. The Duke of Burgundy shows that erotica can have substance and doesn’t just exist for male … Continue reading The Fracturing of the Male Gaze in The Duke of Burgundy (2014)
Starring Mads Mikkelsen as the archetypal gunslinger seeking revenge, The Salvation is a convincing if slightly unimaginative Western. It shoots fast, it’s hell bent on vengeance, and it fulfills its conventions well. The Salvation is a Western directed by Kristian … Continue reading The Salvation (2014) Film Review
John Wick is a stylised, confident, and pulpy piece of cinema. It lets Keanu Reeves reiterate his specific acting skill set and it tells its story through on the nose exposition, a distinct lack of character development, and gleefully violent, well choreographed fight sequences. Once it gets going (like John Wick himself) it’s unstoppable. Continue reading John Wick (2014) Film Review
Set on an Ivy League campus, Dear White People documents racial strife that culminates in a ‘riot’ after a predominantly white group of students host an African American themed party. A satire more than a comedy, Dear White People raises … Continue reading Dear White People (2014) Film Review
Poor old Ward, his wife is a bitch. She won’t let him play golf with his friends. His friends hatch a plan to kill her and free Ward from his domestic cage. Continue reading Let’s Kill Ward’s Wife (2014) Film Review
Will Cannon’s Brotherhood (2010) is a thriller about a fraternity backed robbery gone wrong. It’s a fast, frenetic, and entertaining film. Continue reading Weekend Watching: Brotherhood (2010)
