Humidity Alert, 2021.Directed by Bong Soo Ko. Starring Baek Seung-Hwan, Lee Hee-Jun and Ko Ju-Hwan.SYNOPSIS:A special Q&A screening of a new film causes chaos for a cinema trying to deal with COVID-19 restrictions.We all know that cinemas have faced a tough time during the COVID-19 pandemic. Initially forced to close as the world went into […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – A Cop Movie
A Cop Movie, 2021.Co-written and directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios. Starring Mónica Del Carmen and Raúl Briones.SYNOPSIS:A radical experiment combining documentary and fictional elements. The film gives voice to one of Mexico’s most controversial institutions: the police force, and unravels the causes of the impunity crisis that plagues the justice system.Alonso Ruizpalacios’ (Museo) docu-fiction hybrid A Cop […]
October Horrors 2021 – The Haunting (1963)
The Haunting, 1963.Directed by Robert Wise. Starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson and Russ Tamblyn.SYNOPSIS:A paranormal investigator gathers together a group of people to spend a night in the ominous Hill House as part of an experiment to determine if the building is haunted, oblivious to the terror that awaits them.The Haunting of Hill […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Clara Sola
Clara Sola, 2021.Co-written and directed by Nathalie Álvarez Mesén. Starring Wendy Chinchilla Araya, Daniel Castañeda Rincón, and Ana Julia Porras Espinoza.SYNOPSIS:In a remote village in Costa Rica, Clara, a withdrawn 40-year-old woman, experiences a sexual and mystical awakening as she begins a journey to free herself from the repressive religious and social conventions which have […]
Marvel’s What If….? Season 1 Finale Review
Martin Carr reviews the season one finale of Marvel’s What If…?This is always the way things were going to go. What If…? has been creating alternate realities for eight weeks, so creatively it made sense to bring that together. With a pimped up Ultron armed to the teeth and almost unstoppable, bringing together these disparate […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn, 2021.Written and directed by Radu Jude. Starring Katia Pascariu, Claudia Ieremia, and Olimpia Mălai.SYNOPSIS:Emi, a school teacher, finds her career and reputation under threat after a personal sex tape is leaked on the Internet. Forced to meet the parents demanding her dismissal, Emi refuses to surrender to their pressure.The […]
October Horrors 2021 – The House That Jack Built (2018)
The House That Jack Built, 2018.Directed by Lars Von Trier. Starring Matt Dillon, Bruno Ganz, Uma Thurman, Sibohan Fallon Hogan, Sofie Grabol, Riley Keough and Jeremy Davies.SYNOPSIS:Jack, a prolific and brutal serial killer, recounts his crimes to the Roman poet Virgil in an attempt to explain and justify his actions.There is perhaps no European filmmaker […]
57th Chicago International Film Festival Capsule Review – The Velvet Underground
The Velvet Underground. 2021Directed by Todd Haynes. Featuring Lou Reed, John Cale, Sterling Morrison, Maureen Tucker, Nico, Andy Warhol, John Waters, Mary Woronov, Amy Taubin, Merrill Reed Weiner, and Doug Yule.SYNOPSIS:The Velvet Underground explores the multiple threads that converged to bring together one of the most influential bands in rock and roll.Celebrated director Todd Haynes’ […]
Video Game Review – Hell Architect
Calum Petrie reviews Hell Architect…Hell Architect is a wonderfully horrible and twisted game from developer Woodland Games. Take control of your own circle of hell and punish and torcher your sinners as they also expand and develop your new realm. The dark fantasy architect game you have wanted to play for a long time, this […]
2021 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Harder They Fall
The Harder They Fall, 2021.Directed by Jeymes Samuel. Starring Jonathan Majors, Zazie Beetz, Idris Elba, Regina King, LaKeith Stanfield, Edi Gathegi, Delroy Lindo, RJ Cyler, Danielle Deadwyler, and Deon Cole.SYNOPSIS:When an outlaw discovers an enemy who has wronged him in the past is being released from prison, he reunites his gang in order to seek […]
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