Anne Brodie Barthes’ pared down adaptation of the Flaubert novel is supple, hard hitting and feels contemporary, even set in the 19th century in a hidebound class conscious Normandy, France. Human behaviour has likely not changed much since then so we recognise the characters and their struggles over money, sex and social standing, the same things that
The boys are back in the HBO series’ first feature which serves as its finale in the adventures of the movie star and his posse. Manager Ari Gold is now a studio executive who can green light films and Vince has an itch to direct and star in his first feature. They must win over
For a disaster drama with a seemingly endless bank account to draw on for its gargantuan effects, San Andreas is surprisingly torpid and unemotional. A couple of dicey moments an action adventure film do not make; sure it’s fun to watch city buildings implode, but when they simply refuse to stop imploding and carry on
Andrew Nackman’s poignant comedy drama Fourth Man Out takes a fresh look at coming out and the frustratingly sad, sometimes agonising dilemma faced by a gay small town car mechanic who just can’t bring himself to do it. Evan Todd stars as Adam who finally decides the time has come when his buddies inform him
Oh Netflix you naughty seductress. Of course we’ll watch a marathon of nineties films, bring it and we will watch. The nineties was a time of radical fashion, radically orchestral movie themes and hip hop culture that blew our minds. That’s when films were made with actual people and film. Pop culture seemed somehow better
A courageous exploration of a woman’s late life awakening, I’ll See You in My Dreams takes us to places rarely visited in conventional romantic comedies – or dramas. Indeed, it treats a mildly shocking premise seriously and breaks down social barriers one after the other to unexpected conclusions. Carol’s a strong willed, idiosyncratic 70-something who
Variety named filmmakers and co-directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead to its top 10 directors to watch for 2015. According to Variety, Benson and Moorhead “break the mold” in their previous genre bending feature Resolution and Spring, an iconoclastic horror drama that brings infuses new life into a tired old saw. It is a revelation
Mad Max: Fury Road, the much anticipated grandniece of Mad Max stars Charlize Theron and Tom Hardy as equal partners, battling outrageous odds on their journey out of chaos. The imagery is as startling and ugly/beautiful as one would expect and the chase and battle scenes as masterful, imaginative and insane. It’s a freak show
Ethan Hawke’s haunting portrayal of a US Army drone pilot in Good Kill highlights the moral, emotional and psychological traps of consenting to be a warrior. He leads a double life, one in which he murders Afghanis remotely from the comfort of a protected facility outside Las Vegas and the other trying to live with
H.R. Giger was a Swiss artist who bore no resemblance to most Swiss. He was a provocateur, creating artwork unlike anything else – metallic, filled with imagery of female genitalia giving birth and skeletal but alive – put him on the map. Giger won a Special Effects Academy Award for his work on Alien and