Journeyman, Paddy Considine’s second feature, is a boxing film, and as such has the hallmark training montages, press conferences and bloody-fight scenes to prove it. But, much like Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw (2015), it is less concerned with the intricacies of the sport, and instead is focussed on the emotional and physical traumas experienced by its characters. […]
Following the success of his iconic iPhone movie, Tangerine (2015), director Sean Baker has accomplished another triumph in filmmaking with The Florida Project. Set in the land of theme parks and tourism, on the peripheries of ‘The Happiest Place on Earth’, this film follows the young inhabitants of a motel who exist on the margins […]
Okja is a Marmite film. Either you adore it, or you (like myself) find its wasted potential pretty disappointing. Highly anticipated by many and much-discussed, this film is dividing its viewers; aptly foreshadowed by both the boos and ovations it received at Cannes Film Festival, prior to its major release on Netflix in June. Reminiscent […]
Content Warning: Rape mentioned Paul Verhoeven’s latest film, Elle, is as controversial as they come. Carried by the immense talent of Isabelle Huppert, this revenge-thriller-cum-black-comedy is an utterly bizarre amalgamation of genres that, in theory, should never be combined. The film follows Michèle (Huppert), sophisticated co-founder of a successful video game company, who – in […]
Gurinder Chadha’s films are typically concerned with the experiences of Indians living in England. In Viceroy’s House, she inverts her own convention to focus on the last English Viceroy of India, Lord Mountbatten, in his struggle to attain peace in a conflicted nation. Set in 1947, as the British imperial rule is ending, the film […]
Smith’s film, Trespass Against Us, follows the unconventional lives of father and son, Colby and Chad Cutler: criminals who exist in a world divorced from mainstream society and the confines of the law. Set in a tight-knit traveler community in rural England, wherein family is paramount, this film focuses on the tension between the opposing […]
Nocturnal Animals is a harrowing account of loss, revenge and justice; a set of entangled tales in which we see the catalytic devastation of heartbreak. In this – his sophomore film – Tom Ford flourishes with a completely engrossing tale which exudes suspense and fulfills our expectations with meticulous attention to detail and beautiful cinematography. […]