A Beginner’s Guide To… Douglas Sirk Joseph Bullock June 6, 2021 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features Douglas Sirk is a tough sell in a cynical age. Perhaps he would be in any. His plots are often shallow and seeped in wish-fulfilment; the performances are overwrought and slightly archaic; his sets, despite...
Wild – LFF 2016 Review Tori Brazier September 23, 2016 Reviews Wild is rather a disturbing film, depending on your frame of mind – if you’re in the kind of place where you’d find a wolf sexually attractive (and do something about it), though, you’ll feel right at...
Short of the Week – Balance Dave McLaughlin July 13, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CTesYaduBA&safe=active For those of us who grew up with the amusing antics of Wallace and Gromit, Balance can feel like the eerie, ghost-like shadow that haunts the dark...
Finsterworld – EIFF Review Cameron Ward June 19, 2014 Reviews It's no coincidence that Daniel Clowes' seminal work Ghost World surfaces throughout Frauke Finsterwalder's multifaceted directorial debut. In taking the highly esteemed graphic novel's unique brand of...
The Book Thief – Review Stephen O'Nion February 27, 2014 Reviews It may span the most significant decades of last century, but The Book Thief pretty much boils down to girl-lives-with-family, girl-learns-to-read - for two hours. Over John William’s all-pervading score,...