The Beautiful Days Of Aranjuez – Venice 2016 Review Kambole Campbell September 2, 2016 Reviews The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez lacks as much momentum as it does sense. After the great opening 3D shots of Paris, the film proceeds to disappear up itself and stay there for an excruciatingly tedious 90...
I Called Him Morgan – Venice 2016 Review Kambole Campbell September 1, 2016 Reviews I Called Him Morgan is more of a ‘true tragedy’ than a ‘true crime’ documentary. Director Kasper Collin’s second documentary feature tells the story of jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan, who was killed...
Top 10 TV-to-Film Adaptations Kambole Campbell August 18, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 For decades now there has been an increasing symbiosis between TV and film. In the past there was a strong temptation to go bigger, and adapt a show for the big screen to reach a wider audience, condensing...
Was The Anger Over Ghostbusters Justified? Kambole Campbell July 21, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion With the announcement of the Ghostbusters reboot and its all-female, all-SNL veteran leading cast, the internet divided in two. Or potentially a few more pieces. People mostly either embraced the idea of a new...
Black Panther: Marvel’s Great Black Hope Kambole Campbell July 20, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Marvel Studios has a diversity problem. While I’m personally a big fan of the (admittedly sometimes formulaic) money printers that Kevin Feige and co. have masterminded over the last decade, representation...
Removing the Whitewash: A New Academy? Kambole Campbell July 13, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion On June 29th, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made one of the biggest changes in its history, inviting nearly 700 new members in an attempt to diversify a membership that was increasingly...
The Conjuring 2 – Review Kambole Campbell June 25, 2016 Reviews It’s quite possible that The Conjuring 2 is the most sentimental horror film of recent years. The Conjuring films set out to create a horrifying experience without almost any bloodshed or death; the first...
The Sci-Fi Sensibilities of Duncan Jones Kambole Campbell May 31, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Duncan Jones knows how to work within his means. Probably the most popular director that you’ve never heard of, Jones has built a strong cult following through his acclaimed sci-fi features Moon and Source...
Short of the Week – Grand Zero Kambole Campbell May 23, 2016 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/106241499 “It’s not a cult. It’s America.” Grand Zero, Kevin Oeser’s 15-minute trip into suburban dystopia, is a strange and dryly humorous satire of pyramid schemes,...
Seth Rogen: From Stoner Support To Bromantic Lead Kambole Campbell May 2, 2016 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Seth Rogen may be the most consistent comedy actor in Hollywood. Whether or not you're a fan of his style of humour, it's clear he's established a distinctive comedic character – a lovable, foul-mouthed,...