Top 20 Films of 2016: 4. Room Daniel Orton December 28, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Not a day goes by that I don’t think about this film, but it isn’t a film I would like to watch again anytime soon. Room is the story of Jack, a five-year-old boy born and brought up in captivity; he is...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 5. The Nice Guys Phil W. Bayles December 27, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Shane Black has directed three films, and to some degree or another they’ve all poked fun at the clichés that hold the world together. His debut, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, was a whip-smart deconstruction of the...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 7. Paterson Calum Baker December 24, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Paterson lies in the valley under the Passaic Falls its spent waters forming the outline of his back. - William Carlos Williams, 'Paterson', 1926. In his first film, 1980's Permanent Vacation, Jim...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 9. Zootropolis Tori Brazier December 22, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Zootropolis, Zootopia... Despite the renaming malarkey for the European market – and the awkwardness that could have ensued – Zootropolis' release into the cinema wilderness this year was anything but...
Top 20 Films of 2016: 10. Everybody Wants Some!! Eddie Falvey December 21, 2016 Analysis, Features, Top 10 It’s fair to say that 2016 has been a tough year. The stakes have been high on and off the screen and, suffice to say, we have been burdened with disappointing results in both arenas. After blockbusters...
Cultivating A Cult: The Trial of The Greasy Strangler Christopher Preston November 5, 2016 Analysis, Features, Opinion "Too much grease is bad for you. I read it in a fitness magazine someone left on the bus." All films are guilty of wanting something. Just look at 2016's offerings: March played host to the...
Beyond #OscarsSoWhite: The Academy’s Revolution Calum Baker July 14, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features It’s not all about Michael B. Jordan and the Wayans brothers. It is, but it isn’t. African Americans are not the only 2016 invitees cutting an impressive swathe through the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
Akron – BFI Flare 2016 Review Cameron Ward March 28, 2016 Reviews Brian O’Donnell’s Akron tells a tale of intergenerational guilt in the face of newfound love. Though both well-written and well-performed, sporadic levels of quality in all aspects runs rampant, bringing...
CEL Mates: Anomalisa Conor Morgan March 22, 2016 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Anomalisa is one of the the scariest films you'll ever see. It is also one of the most human films you’ll ever see. It is 100% concentrated existential dread with a layer of unsettling psychological disorder...