Short of the Week – Sweet Maddie Stone Sinead McCausland March 20, 2017 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/154873241 Brady Hood’s realist NFTS short film, Sweet Maddie Stone, proves the electrifying force of the realist genre. The story is simple, but its protagonist is not; Jessica...
American Honey: Andrea Arnold in America Stephanie Watts October 17, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Andrea Arnold is a filmmaker who stands out for a number of reasons, but her focus on social realism as a subject and style is one that stands out more than others. Before American Honey, her first American...
Hide and Seek – Review Cameron Ward August 6, 2014 Reviews 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...
Lone Survivor – Review Stephen O'Nion January 29, 2014 Reviews Lone Survivor's dialogue speaks for itself: "If I die, I want you to make sure that Cindy knows how much I love her, and that I died with my brothers." Incidentally, this is no spoiler when three of our lead...
