Short of the Week – 97% David Brake November 2, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/143233550 Finding love in the modern digital age? We've been here before. Eight minutes of dialogue-free drama? Well, we've seen that before too. Yet similarity does not equate to...
Aloha – Review Tori Brazier September 19, 2015 Reviews Cameron Crowe relationship dramas aren’t the most novel of films, recently having a yen for ‘trying to find themselves’ lead characters, which has become rather trite. In Aloha this is mostly avoided,...
Women Who Flirt – Review Andrew Daley July 25, 2015 Reviews After the early 2014 success of Aberdeen, Pang Ho-cheung explores new frontiers in the mainland Chinese market in the humorous Women Who Flirt. Tomboyish Angie (Xun) chases the affections of her...
A Love Letter To… TiMER David Brake October 26, 2014 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Tick, tock. Tick, tock. That click and whir of clocks is laced throughout TiMER (2009), whether it's in the jangling of its tinkly soundtrack or the details of its mise-en-scene. It's an appropriate "tick"...
Spring – LFF Review Tom Bond October 6, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Death leads to dubious love in this endlessly inventive delight that pays no regard to traditional genre boundaries. Directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead send bereaved lead Evan (Lou Taylor Pucci) on...
Blended – Review Tom Bond May 22, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Welcome to Blended, brought to you by the South African Tourist Board. On your left is a lumbering performance from Drew Barrymore, and on your right is a clunky and drawn-out plot. At least South Africa looks...
Cuban Fury – Review David Brake February 15, 2014 Reviews There's one word to describe Cuban Fury, and that's delightful. A light and fluffy meringue of a film, it romps through its sequinned plot with well-meaning gusto, led by its brilliant cast rather than its...