Kivu Ruhorahoza’s feature, Things of the Aimless Wanderer, is a disorientating but strangely hypnotic work of art which relies on a lot of imagination. In his starkly narrated, richly decorative film, a cryptic trio of stories are clearly meant to represent the metaphor between his native Rwanda and the Western world. In episodic snapshots, a […]
Sequels are so often disasters or, at least, strained attempts to eke out all the best bits of the first success and awkwardly turn them into a wholly new film. The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel has the potential to do just that. Following on from the 2012 comedy-drama hit, the film is still set […]
The problem with James Franco is that he can get away with anything. Once again, he has made the headlines with more gay drama, this time fuelled by a slow-mo video of him and his I am Michael co-star, Zachary Quinto, sharing a drawn-out kiss in a shower of popcorn. For any other actor this […]
Gone Girl has as cult a following as Fincher himself, but if anyone can take on this challenge, he surely can. Never one to stick with convention, Fincher has said: “My whole career has been pervy books, pervy scripts… It wasn’t so much about finding a niche. It just didn’t seem to me like there was any need to be doing any more of what everyone else was doing.”