Berberian Sound Studio, 2012. Written and Directed by Peter Strickland. Starring Toby Jones, Tonia Sotiropoulou, Susanna Cappellaro and Cosimo Fusco. SYNOPSIS: A mild-mannered English foley artist is drafted in to the production of a 70s Italian horror movie. Entirely unused to either Italian passions or the horror genre, he struggles to find his place. Berberian […]

Killer Joe, 2011. Directed by William Friedkin. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Emile Hirsch, Gina Gershon, Juno Temple and Thomas Haden Church. SYNOPSIS: In debt to a local gangster, a small-time drug dealer puts out a hit on his own mother to collect her life insurance, which attracts the interest of a policeman who moonlights as a […]

Exit Elena, 2012. Directed by Nathan Silver. Starring Nathan Silver, Kia Davis, Jim Chiros, Barbara White, Gert O’Connell, Cindy Silver and Lawrence Balin. SYNOPSIS: Elena, a newly qualified live-in nurse, moves in with the Akerman family to nurse their aging grandmother. Unfortunately, the clingy mother makes it difficult for her to stay professional. Exit Elena […]

The Rise and Fall of a White Collar Hooligan, 2012. Directed by Paul Tanter. Starring Nick Nevern, Simon Phillips, Rita Ramnani, Peter Barrett, Ricci Harnett, Rebecca Ferdinando, Roland Manookian and Billy Murry. SYNOPSIS: A casual football hooligan is sucked into the murky world of credit card fraud and soon becomes seduced by the money and […]

Anghus Houvouras asks whether movies are getting needlessly longer… “No good movie is too long and no bad movie is short enough.” – Roger Ebert A very apt statement, and yet I feel like modern filmmakers are challenging this concept.  I’ve been in a number of conversations this year over the sheer length of so […]

The Flickering Myth team predict the winners of the British Academy Film Awards…. It’s that magical time of year again where loads of famous people gather around to perpetuate how great they are. They don’t call ’em celebrate-ories for nothing. This Sunday plays host the the British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards, or, […]

Cleanskin, 2012. Directed by Hadi Hajaig. Starring Sean Bean, Abhin Galeya, Charlotte Rampling, James Fox, Tuppence Middleton, Shivani Ghai and Michelle Ryan. SYNOPSIS: A secret service agent deep undercover in London’s criminal underbelly is tasked with eliminating a terrorist cell. After the 9/11 attacks, the movie industry took a different stance in portraying its terrorists […]

God Bless America, 2011. Directed by Bobcat Goldthwait. Starring Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Mackenzie Brooke Smith and Melinda Page Hamilton. SYNOPSIS: Terminally ill Frank has reached the end of his tether. His neighbours are inconsiderate, the television is full of programs that glorify stupidity and ridicule the weak, and life barely seems worth living. […]

The Amazing Spider-Man, 2012. Directed by Marc Webb. Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen and Sally Field. SYNOPSIS: Peter Parker is bitten by a genetically altered spider, which gives him a few of its attributes. So… how’s this one different from the last three? It’s more “amazing”. You can tell […]

Pixar’s Brave is showing at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2012, which is being covered by Samantha Morrison… Brave, 2012. Directed by Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman. Featuring the voice talents of Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Julie Walters, Robbie Coltrane, Kevin McKidd and Craig Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: Merida, a medieval Scottish princess, hates not […]