The Witch, 2015. Directed by Robert Eggers. Starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Ineson, Kate Dickie, Harvey Scrimshaw, Ellie Grainger and Lucas Dawson. SYNOPSIS: In 1630s New England, a family of puritan settlers confront evil forces besieging their new isolated home. Every culture is steeped in folklore and folk tale. The best of these old stories tinged […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Antlers
Antlers, 2021. Directed by Scott Cooper. Starring Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons, Jeremy T. Thomas, Graham Greene, Scott Haze, Rory Cochrane, Amy Madigan, Cody Davis, Sawyer Jones, Arlo Hajdu, Glynis Davies, Dorian Kingi, Andy Thompson, Jesse Downs, Dendrie Taylor, and Emily Delahunty. SYNOPSIS: In an isolated Oregon town, a middle-school teacher and her sheriff brother become […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Babi Yar. Context
Babi Yar. Context, 2021. Directed by Sergei Loznitsa. SYNOPSIS: Nazi troops massacre more than 30,000 Jews over a two-day period in September 1941. Given that the world is typically used to seeing aggressively narrative-driven depictions of the Holocaust – whether cinematic feature or documentary – Sergei Loznitsa’s (Donbass) new doc Babi Yar. Context may seem rather […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege)
Little Palestine (Diary of a Siege), 2021. Directed by Abdallah Al-Khatib. SYNOPSIS: After the Syrian Revolution, Al-Assad’s regime besieges the district of Yarmouk, the largest Palestinian refugee camp in the world. Yarmouk is cut off. The director records the daily deprivations while celebrating the people’s courage. Abdallah Al-Khatib’s deeply upsetting, righteously angry in-the-trenches documentary captures […]
Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – Paris, 13th District
Paris, 13th District, 2021. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Noémie Merlant, Makita Samba, Lucie Zhang, Jehnny Beth, Geneviève Doang, Pol White, Line Phé, Annabelle Milot, Lumina Wang, Camille Léon-Fucien, Stephen Manas, Rong-Ying Yang, Raphaelle Doyle, Oceane Cairaty, and Anaïde Rozam. SYNOPSIS: Émilie meets Camille who is attracted to Nora, who crosses paths with Amber. Three […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
The Poughkeepsie Tapes, 2007. Directed John Erick Dowdle. Starring Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Ivar Brogger, Lou George, Michael Lawson, Samantha Robson and Ron Harper. SYNOPSIS: Authorities stumble upon a cache of hundreds of VHS tapes recorded by and depicting the crimes of a meticulous and sadistic serial killer. It seems not a week goes by […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Nitram
Nitram, 2021. Directed by Justin Kurzel. Starring Caleb Landry Jones, Essie Davis, Anthony LaPaglia and Judy Davis. SYNOPSIS: A fictionalised take on the story of the Port Arthur shooting – the most notorious mass shooting in Australian history. The 1996 Port Arthur shooting is one of the most horrifying events in recent Australian history, and […]
Comic Book Review – Superman & Lois Lane: The 25th Wedding Anniversary Deluxe Edition
Ricky Church reviews Superman & Lois Lane: The 25th Wedding Anniversary Deluxe Edition… Superman and Lois Lane. Rarely can one be mentioned without the other ever since these two characters appeared in Action Comics #1 over 80 years ago. Their will-they-won’t-they relationship lasted for nearly 60 years in the various Superman comics, TV serials, cartoons and […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – A Hero
A Hero, 2021. Written and Directed by Asghar Farhadi. Starring Amir Jadidi, Mohsen Tanabande, Fereshteh Sadr Orafaee, Sahar Goldust, Maryam Shahdaie, Ali Reza Jahandideh, Ehsan Goodarzi, Sarina Farhadi, Farrokh Nourbakht, Mohammad Aghebati, and Saleh Karimai. SYNOPSIS: Rahim is in prison because of a debt he was unable to repay. During a two-day leave, he tries […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Feast
The Feast, 2021. Directed by Lee Haven Jones. Starring Nia Roberts, Annes Elwy, Julian Lewis Jones, Sion Alun Davies, Steffan Cennydd, Rhodri Meilir and Lisa Palfrey. SYNOPSIS: In a luxury house in the Welsh countryside, a quiet waitress works for the family of an MP hoping to secure a big property deal. There’s something very […]
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