New Blood in a Deteriorating Body: Logan
At this point, a superheo film eschewing setting up spinoffs and post-credit scenes in favour of robust character development feels almost revolutionary.
‘T2’ Isn’t Just A Great Sequel, It Might Change How You Think Of ‘Trainspotting’
T2: Trainspotting succeeds because it plays like a darker, sadder, tireder, older version of the original film.
Hidden Figures (2016)
Hidden Figures, the story of three black, female mathematicians making history in the sixties, is one hell of a crowd-pleaser.
‘Silence’ Review: Martin Scorsese Is Messing With Us, But Is It Worth The Pain?
Silence subtly subverts the insidious narrative of meaningful misery that’s so ubiquitous in Western (and Christian) culture.
Moonlight (2016)
Moonlight: the poetic breaking through the quotidian in carefully-considered yet intuitive gestures.
Boys Don’t Cry: The Masculine Melodrama Of ‘Manchester By The Sea’
Manchester by the Sea’s protagonist represents the distillation of uncommunicative masculinity as well as its deleterious effects.
Fashion Will Eat Itself: The Empty Stylism of The Neon Demon
We’re so pretty, oh so pretty … vacant.
Portman and Larraín Interrogate the Myth of ‘Camelot’ in Jackie
Good or bad, biopics are a form of public relations: a way of reinforcing, challenging or establishing the public perception of their subject. Jackie is a biopic about how those PR decisions are made.
Expectation vs Reality: Marketing Collateral Beauty and Passengers
There’s a gulf of difference between the trailers for Collateral Beauty and Passengers and the films themselves…or is there?
City of Stars: La La Land’s Exhilarating Exploration of Art & Love
A soaring Hollywood fantasy about art, romance and nostalgia.
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