Category: ARCHIVE
Andhadhun – Film Review
The hardest part about discussing Andhadhun (2018) is the fact that there is no way to explain any aspects of the plot without somewhat ruining it. Any attempt at simplification ends up giving an inaccurate depiction of the story, yet any more than minimal detail will likely spoil at least three of the twists in…
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Pain and Glory Review
Almodovar’s latest masterpiece, Pain and Glory – otherwise known as Dolor y Gloria, is a thought provoking indulgence into the intimate parts of life; as have all of his preceding films. Almodovar has managed to craft a story which precisely harks pain from past and present whilst also seeing the characters revel in glory simultaneously.…
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Review: Midsommar
If ever a film was a perfect interpretation of an oxymoron then Midsommar (2019) is that film! Chaotically peaceful and beautifully traumatic thematically plague the narrative of this macabre Scandi scare; doing so to unnerving effect. Detached from Aster’s previous work (HEREDITARY 2017)), his recent endeavour into the disturbed and deranged tells a potentially darker…
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Friday Night’s Alright For Shorts Review
The Norwich Film Festival 2018 offered a selection of short films on their Friday Night’s Alright for Shorts event, all of which offered their own charms and delights. First up was Catch of the Day, a magical realist tale of a lifelong love and what life includes and excludes. Shot on the ravishingly beautiful Welsh…
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Are VFX killing cinema? Panel Discussion at NFF2018
As part of the Norwich Film Festival, I had the opportunity to attend a panel discussion about VFX in films, called “Are VFX killing cinema?” In short, the answer was NO. Overall, the discussion was good and entertaining around the importance of VFX in the industry and also how its changed cinema. Throughout the discussion…
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Review: The Isle
A spooky seaman’s tale, “The Isle” screened at Norwich Film Festival in 2018 with an introduction from co-writer and director Matthew Butler-Hart. Butler-Hart describes the film as influenced by slow-burn horror of the 1970s, and he also spoke about the inspiration for the story – Eilean Shona, an island off the coast of Scotland that…
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