Newton – EIFF 2017 Review
Jungle-set political satire from Amit V. Masurkar picks on the Indian electoral process as the butt of its 104-minute-long joke. Much like politics, Newton is a comedy in which two ridiculous male egos make...
The Green Inferno – Review
Making his directorial debut with Cabin Fever in 2002, with a further array of torture porn quickly on the way through Hostels one and two, actor/producer/director Eli Roth freely continues his gore-laden...
Hide and Seek – Review
Joanna Coates' feature debut centres realism in a place often found, yet often lost. Coates' uncluttered depiction of a polyamorous utopian society comfortably avoids falling into sexual fantasy, instead...
Joe – Review
Adapted from the late Larry Brown’s novel of the same name, Joe commands exceedingly tight performances within a morally bereft universe. All aspects point to open-ended nihilism, as Joe’s modern wasteland...
The House of Magic (3D) – Review
Featuring near every children's tale trope, The House of Magic possesses little imagination beyond a slight fusion of Toy Story and Over the Hedge. Sassy chihuahuas emit crude one-liners, fat people fall...
We’ll Never Have Paris – EIFF Review
Directed by both Simon Helberg and his (unfortunate) wife Jocelyn Towne, We'll Never Have Paris features Helberg's (cringingly) semi-autobiographical proposal story in what appears to be something akin to a...
Welcome to New York – EIFF Review
"Do you know who I am?" Devereux grunts, towel falling to the floor. Depardieu's outright sociopathic turn as George Devereux - the reported simulacrum to 2011's presumed French presidential candidate,...
Life After Beth – EIFF Review
Writer-director Jeff Baena's directorial and feature debut, Life After Beth, is equal parts tender satire and physical zom-com. Plaza and DeHaan deliver thoroughly accomplished performances, seamlessly...
Cold in July – EIFF Review
Adapted for screen from John Lansdale's novel of the same name, Cold in July retains its free-flowing pulp heritage, with violence and retribution galore. What sets Mickle's latest apart, however, is just...
We Are Monster – EIFF Review
Antony Petrou's racism-fuelled drama concerning the tragic real-life case of Zahid Mabarek shifts focus from the victim, instead opting to centre in on just what drove his fellow inmate, Robert Stewart, to...
Set Fire to the Stars – EIFF Review
Set Fire to the Stars is what happens when performance and written word arrestingly compete for head billing. Goddard's feature debut boasts the full enormity of its inspired source (Dylan Thomas' 'Love In...
Something, Anything – EIFF Review
Writer-director Paul Harrill's feature debut offers higher understanding without the usual cost of condescension. Something, Anything gently indicts blindly-followed sociopolitical (bourgeois) ideals, while...