A note that this reviews spoils a little more of the film’s plot than I usually would. Short version of this review is that it is a profoundly excellent film and you should see it. Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) is … Continue reading REVIEW: The Clouds of Sils Maria (2014)
Frank Farmer (Kevin Costner) is a retired secret service agent turned bodyguard, who is hired to protect pop star Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston) after threats are made against her life. Despite growing friction, circumstances draw them together – compromising both … Continue reading REVIEW: The Bodyguard (1992)
After surviving a deadly school shooting at the age of 13, Celeste (Raffey Cassidy) strikes up a successful career as a pop star. More than a decade-and-a-half later, the adult Celeste (Natalie Portman) struggles with her fame, her family, and … Continue reading REVIEW: Vox Lux (2018)
Natalia (Marie Matheron) is heavily pregnant to her boyfriend of six years, Stéphane (Michel Feller). He has grown distant and disinterested – in both his girlfriend and his child – and is more focused on an affair with the intense … Continue reading REVIEW: Winter’s Child (1989)
A New York investment bank undertakes a massive series of unexpected lay-offs. One of those forced into redundancy is risk assessment manager Eric Dale (Stanley Tucci), who leaves behind research that points to a previously-unknown risk in the bank’s portfolio. … Continue reading REVIEW: Margin Call (2011)
Three youths – Henri (Lucas Belvaux), Anne (Ann-Gisel Glass), and Yvan (Wadeck Stanczak) – attempt to burgle a music shop, only to accidentally kill its owner in a panic. Their theft was to find musical instruments to sustain their struggling … Continue reading REVIEW: Disorder (1986)
Sarah (Eva Green) is a French astronaut in training for a lengthy stay aboard the International Space Station – a final test before a multi-national expedition lands humans on Mars. Accepting the mission – the dream of a lifetime – … Continue reading REVIEW: Proxima (2019)
In 1884 London the physician Frederick Treves (Anthony Hopkins) meets John Merrick (John Hurt), a severely deformed and apparently non-verbal young man living in a carnival show. Taking Merrick in to the hospital where we works, Treves starts on what … Continue reading REVIEW: The Elephant Man (1980)
Within Japan a number of directors are widely noted as the masters of the screen arts: Ozu, Mizoguchi, Naruse, and so on. Internationally there has only ever really been one name: Kurosawa. In a career spanning 57 years Akira Kurosawa … Continue reading “We continue on without rest” | The Men Who Tread on the Tiger’s Tail (1945)
Alice (Ane Dahl Torp), recently divorced from her husband Mattias (Sverrir Gudnason), receives a crying late-night call from her young son Vincent (Troy Lundkvist). Concerned for his welfare, and that of his teenage sister Elina (Tintin Poggats Sarri), Alice kidnaps … Continue reading REVIEW: Charter (2020)
