Bones and All – Review Tom Bond November 25, 2022 Reviews This film was previously reviewed in September 2022 as part of our Venice Film Festival coverage. With Bones and All, Luca Guadagnino combines the romantic coming-of-age story of Call Me By Your Name with...
Suspiria – Review Jack Blackwell November 16, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 02/09/18 as part of Venice Film Festival. Suspiria is not a film to have mild feelings about. Like Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, Luca Guadagnino’s remake/reimagining...
The Thing – Horror Cinema’s Greatest Remake Katy Moon November 13, 2018 Analysis, Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia, One Off Creating horror remakes is often a thankless job. Taking familiar intellectual properties with built-in audience recognition and repackaging them with a little more sex or violence than the originals were...
Suspiria – Venice 2018 Review Jack Blackwell September 2, 2018 Reviews Suspiria is not a film to have mild feelings about. Like Darren Aronofsky’s mother!, Luca Guadagnino’s remake/reimagining arrives in Venice as a work of gonzo, philosophically minded horror that all but...
Top 20 Films of 2017: #9 – Call Me By Your Name Madeline Joint December 22, 2017 Analysis, Features, Top 10 Call Me by Your Name is hot. Yes, the performances are at times breathtaking, the script is measured and moving, and both score and cinematography are masterful. The story of the relationship between American...
Parenting & Privilege: The Florida Project and Call Me By Your Name Rhys Handley November 16, 2017 Analysis, Features, Opinion Parenting - good or bad, present or not - permeates all lives. Children’s worlds are built on the foundations of the early teachings of mothers, fathers, and carers. Even when its effects move to the...
Call Me By Your Name – Review Christopher Preston October 29, 2017 Reviews This was originally reviewed on 16/02/17 as part of the Berlinale. While making comparisons is nearly always reductive, Call Me by Your Name feels like Brokeback Mountain via Richard Linklater – which...
Same Bones, Different Skin: La Piscine/A Bigger Splash Rhys Handley October 27, 2017 Analysis, One Off To call Italian impresario Luca Guadagnino’s A Bigger Splash (2015) a remake of La Piscine, Jacques Deray’s 1969 romantic thriller, would certainly be a faux pas. Built on the same narrative foundations...
Call Me By Your Name – Berlinale 2017 Review Christopher Preston February 16, 2017 Reviews While making comparisons is nearly always reductive, Call Me By Your Name feels like Brokeback Mountain via Richard Linklater – which hopefully sounds like a compliment because it is meant as a huge one. It...
A Bigger Splash – Review Tom Bond February 13, 2016 Reviews You never really know how much you need to see Ralph Fiennes dancing until it’s happening in front of your eyes. His boogie by an Italian poolside is typical of the joie de vivre and impish flirtation that...