Oh Brother: Reappraising Step Brothers 10 Years On James Andrews July 25, 2018 Analysis, Features, Nostalgia 2008's Will Ferrell-John C. Reilly team-up Step Brothers is almost irredeemably stupid and low-brow when viewed again with a decade's more maturity, and through the more enlightened filter of 2018. Almost...
Retro Oscar Debate – No Country For Old Men vs There Will Be Blood Tom Bond January 22, 2016 Analysis, Debate, Features In the run-up to this year’s Oscars we’ll be running some debates on classic Oscar categories, beginning with 2008’s Best Picture nominees: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, There Will Be Blood and No...
A Love Letter to… Man on Wire Conor Morgan October 14, 2015 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Man on Wire is a 2008 documentary feature film that tells the incredible story of Philippe Petit, a French wire walker who, in August 1974, walked 1350 feet in the air between the newly constructed Twin Towers...
Cel Mates: Waltz with Bashir Conor Morgan March 13, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Oscar-nominated Israeli animated documentary written and directed by Ari Folman. The film follows the director in his search to clarify to himself his role during the 1982 Lebanon...
CEL Mates: Sita Sings The Blues Conor Morgan August 31, 2014 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Sita Sings the Blues is a 2008 film written, produced and directed by Nina Paley, who also features in the film. In a rather unorthodox fashion, the entire film is created using the Adobe animation program...
