Sicario 2: Soldado – Review Rhys Handley June 28, 2018 Reviews Sicario 2: Soldado is an all-you-can-eat buffet of Trumpian anxieties – Mexican drug cartels are smuggling terrorists from the Middle East across the border into Texas. CIA enforcer Matt Graver (Josh Brolin)...
Love Letter – Sicario (2015) Jack Blackwell June 26, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia War films generally have a hero. They pay lip service to the received wisdom that war is hell and people shouldn’t have to get caught up in it, but for the most part there are still clear ethical boundaries...
Checking in on the Modern Western Rory Steabler January 4, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off Almost a decade ago, the 2008 Academy Awards saw an influx of Westerns. No Country for Old Men took the Best Picture statuette (among others), while nominations for sound and cinematography were dished out to...
Wind River – Review Tom Bond September 9, 2017 Reviews Taylor Sheridan has made his name as the writer of gritty, sincere action films like Sicario and Hell or High Water, and it’s fair to say he doesn’t change a winning formula with his directorial debut,...
Taylor Sheridan’s Tales of the Disenfranchised Kambole Campbell September 8, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Screenwriter and, as of recently, director Taylor Sheridan has carved out a niche for himself making tense crime sagas in various American landscapes, characterised by unflinching depictions of violence, razor...
