Film Review – Sweet Country (2017)
Nine years after his impressive directorial feature debut Samson & Delilah, Warwick Thornton is behind the camera once again with...
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EIFF’ 2018 Review – Swinging Safari (aka Flammable Children)
Seventies excess and debauchery are on the table for Stephan Elliott's latest Ausploitation comedy, Flammable Children (aka Swinging Safari). This...
EIFF’ 2018 Review – Solis (2018)
Playing out like Gravity on a budget, Solis, joins a slew of space survival films, but its prescriptive narrative ultimately...
EIFF’ 2018 Review – Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story
Tiffany Bartok directs Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story, a comprehensive glimpse into the life of the A-list American...
Film Review – Skyscraper (2018)
He could read the phone book and many of us would flock to pay to see the result, such is...
EIFF’ 2018 Review – Piercing (2018)
After the utterly devastating horror of The Eyes of My Mother, filmmaker Nicolas Pesce turns his attention to cult Japanese...
Film Review – Mario (2018)
Marcel Gisler's Mario tackles a little explored issue in cinema - homophobia in the world of football. Arriving at an...
Film Review – King Of Jazz (1930, The Criterion Collection)
I should really confess my knowledge of Jazz and John Murray Anderson's King Of Jazz (1930) is non-existent. The question...
Film Review – Dogged (2017)
Dogged is the newest release from Left films and is one of the there gems in my opinion. Releasing Monday...
Film Review – Dark Crimes (2018)
The must-see noir thriller starring a startlingly different Jim Carrey Available on Digital Download 2nd July and DVD 9th July...
EIFF’ 18 Review – Songbird (2018)
Cobie Smulders leads Songbird, a British indie comedy from writer-director Jamie Adams. The actress shines in this fish out of...
EIFF’ 18 Review – Locating Silver Lake (2018)
Los Angeles is the setting for Locating Silver Lake, a film that examines the concepts of following your dreams, heartbreak,...
Film Review – ‘Swimming With Men’ (2018)
Release date: Out NOW in cinemas Rating: Loosely based on the true underdog story of a group of middle-aged men...
EIFF’ 18 Review – Diving (Plonger, 2017)
Mélanie Laurent directs Diving (Plonger), a drama that centres on a fractured relationship between César (Gilles Lellouche) and his younger...