The Refreshing Legacy of Trainspotting Jack Cameron February 23, 2021 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Looking back at Trainspotting, which was released 25 years ago this week, one of its most striking qualities is the sheer amount of its young talent. While they probably would all have found success had...
Pieces of a Woman – Review Jack Cameron January 7, 2021 Reviews The opening scene of Pieces of a Woman may well prove to be the point which either wins or loses its audience. It begins with Martha (Vanessa Kirby) experiencing labour pains while her partner Sean (Shia...
Rising Star – Jonathan Majors And The Roles That Made Him Jack Cameron November 22, 2020 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Here comes Atticus Freeman; adventurer, scholar, Chicago South Sider, and monster killer. Atticus is the central character of Lovecraft Country, which is not only presenting stories we’ve never seen from...
Limbo – LFF 2020 Review Jack Cameron October 15, 2020 Reviews Writer-director Ben Sharrock has made something very special with Limbo. In this film about a group of displaced refugees awaiting asylum on an anonymous Hebridean island, he manages to deliver humour,...
The Intruder – LFF 2020 Review Jack Cameron October 14, 2020 Reviews There is something really eerie about watching someone perform a voice-over. Inés is a voice actor who is first seen, mid-session, dubbing a porn film. Listening to the emotions coming from Inés’ voice, in...
200 Meters – LFF 2020 Review Jack Cameron October 12, 2020 Reviews Mustafa (Ali Suliman) lives in the West Bank while his wife and children live in Israel. In order to see them, he must slowly make his way through a very intimidating border check. It is the only path through...
Shadow Country – LFF 2020 Review Jack Cameron October 11, 2020 Reviews A small village in Czechoslovakia has had its nationality swapped numerous times. Its position near a contentious border means it has belonged to several countries; the one thing that remains constant is its...
A Day Off Of Kasumi Arimura – LFF 2020 Review Jack Cameron October 10, 2020 Reviews Director Hirokazu Koreeda further blurs the lines between film and television with the first episode of his new series, A Day Off Of Kasumi Arimura. A comic, sweet, charming drama that sees actress Kasumi...
Saint Maud – Review Jack Cameron October 9, 2020 Reviews Saint Maud is one of those horror films that settles in, sinking deeper into your bones long after it’s finished. Maud is a private carer who is posted to look after terminally ill choreographer Amanda....
The Devil All the Time – Review Jack Cameron September 18, 2020 Reviews American epics often weave their stories through the decades, bolstered by a cast of characters who run the length and breadth of the morality spectrum, making their way through a world that’s changing...
At 70, Rashomôn Remains the Best Blockbuster Hollywood Never Made Jack Cameron August 28, 2020 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Torrential rain batters against the skeleton of a half-destroyed building, where two men shelter inside. They are quiet and shell-shocked; ‘I can’t understand it. I can’t understand it at all’ is all...
Christopher Nolan and the Problem with the Good Lie Jack Cameron August 19, 2020 Analysis, Opinion Tenet is just around the corner (although the corner keeps getting further away), fuelling cineaste hopes that this year won’t be a total cinematic write-off. And yet, the hype just doesn't seem to be there....
Da 5 Bloods – Review Jack Cameron June 13, 2020 Reviews Four African American veterans return to Vietnam to hunt for gold and the lost remains of their fallen leader, Stormin’ Norman. From the beginning it is clear that this is no return to glory, but a story of...
The Uncertain Kingdom – Review Jack Cameron June 3, 2020 Reviews The Uncertain Kingdom is an anthology of twenty short films. The project commissioned different artists across various disciplines to each produce a short vignette of how they see the UK. Using fiction,...
Why Takashi Miike’s Films Offer More Than Shock and Controversy Jack Cameron May 12, 2020 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Takashi Miike is a thrilling director who makes films that are nearly impossible to recommend. Many of his releases have been accompanied by stories of mass walkouts; of people fainting in their seats or even...