Tom Jolliffe looks at a few examples of classic neo-noirs… Dark tales in rain sodden streets with the glistening neons of a big City. There comes that inevitable moment. A wrong choice, the self-destructive move to an inescapable corner. The neo-noir, the resurrection of the classic film noir genre that typified much of 30’s-50’s cinema. […]
Movie Review – Good Time (2017)
Good Time, 2017. Written and Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie Starring Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Taliah Webster, Barkhad Abdi, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A bank robber finds himself unable to evade those who are looking for him. Sometimes, rooting for the bad guy is fun. Let’s face it, we have all […]
Movie Review – Good Time (2017)
Good Time, 2017. Written and Directed by Josh and Benny Safdie. Starring Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Buddy Duress, Taliah Webster, Barkhad Abdi, and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: When a bank robbery goes wrong, a small-time criminal must attempt to save his handicapped brother, while also avoiding capture himself. Since wrapping up the Twilight series five […]
61st BFI London Film Festival Review – Good Time (2017)
Good Time, 2017. Directed by Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie. Starring Robert Pattinson, Benny Safdie, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Taliah Webster, Buddy Duress and Barkhad Abdie. SYNOPSIS: Brothers Connie and Nik pull off a bank heist which, while it appears to go smoothly, ends up with the vulnerable Nik being caught and sent to Rikers. While […]
Watch a Film You Know Nothing About
Tom Jolliffe on watching a film you have no prior knowledge of… To a certain generation, who have grown up entirely with internet access, their movie going existence is likely to be 99% based on pre-ordained knowledge of what they’re going to the multiplex to see, or putting into the Blu-ray player/streaming. If you watch […]
Rockstar Games approached Good Time directors Josh and Benny Safdie about the movie
Last night at the Chicago press screening for Josh and Benny Safdie’s upcoming crime thriller Good Time, it was revealed during a post-film Q&A when asked if the film was inspired by any video games, that Rockstar Games (the video game titan company behind the Grand Theft Auto series) has actually spoken to the duo […]
