The Emotional Cinematography of A Single Man Josefine Algieri October 23, 2018 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Tom Ford’s directorial debut A Single Man (2009) is based on Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novella of the same name, but has its own unique style. Drawing both from personal experience and his professional...
The Hatton Garden Job – Review Kambole Campbell April 16, 2017 Reviews The Hatton Garden Job, from the very beginning, is an exhausting waste of time. There's nothing in this film that inspires joy, instead, it's a two-hour long stare into an abyss where creativity has died and...
Allied – Review Tom Bond November 21, 2016 Reviews Subterfuge and seduction are a hair’s width apart in this tense thriller from veteran director Robert Zemeckis. As first collaborating field agents, and then lovers, Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard...
Pressure – Review Stephen O'Nion August 23, 2015 Reviews “We came here to do a job.” Uh oh. Storm on the way and 650 feet under; what could go wrong? Surely not everything? Sweaty faces and furrowed brows ensue. Time’s only indicator the dwindling oxygen...
Self/less – Review Phil W. Bayles July 19, 2015 Reviews It speaks volumes about the sheer tedium of Tarsem Singh’s Self/less that its most annoying aspect is the errant punctuation in its title. Is the film supposed to be called “Self or less?” - Sounds like...
The Imitation Game – LFF Review Danielle Davenport October 9, 2014 Reviews 2 Comments This enthrallingly proficient biopic combines scope with style, provoking attention and excitement through gripping drama and the stirring warfare milieu. Technical scenes belie tedium through Tyldum’s...
Belle – Review David Brake June 16, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Proof that the costume drama can go beyond chocolate-box sweet and address issues greater than its genre, Belle is a sumptuous love letter to the classic period film that nevertheless asks you to stop and...