The Lighthouse Review - Cult Classic Perfection
On my way to see this film, I thought about a story I had seen on TV some years ago about The Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy. Two men operated a lighthouse in Wales in the 1800s. During their stint, one of…
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For Sama Review - A Challenging and Utterly Gripping Documentary
In For Sama, you are Waad Al-Kateab, a young journalist born and living in Syria. You were once idealistic and free-spirited, in love with a doctor named Hamza. You once had a beautiful home together,…
1917 Review - A Technical Spectacle Lacking Some Heart
Two infantry soldiers, Lance Cpl. Schofield (George MacKay) and Lance Cpl. Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) are given the task of delivering an urgent message to a fellow British battalion to call off a p…
Little Women Review - The Complexities of Being a Woman in the mid-1800s Brought to Life
Little Women is equal parts endearing and poignant, prepare to get sucked into the eloquence of art and quaintness of life of the mid 1800’s and into the lives of March girls (and be prepared not to w…
Judy Review - Zellweger Dazzles in Poignant Biopic
Judy relays the final year of the late, exceedingly great Judy Garland and her reluctant relocation from LA to London. It’s a touching homage to the bittersweet life of performance and stardom, founde…
Ivan Sen and Jennifer Kent are Invited to Join the Oscars Academy, but at What Price?
In November of 2018, Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul voiced his frustration with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, stating that he was “(I’m) totally going to quit it”, and tha…
If Beale Street Could Talk Review
It doesn't matter that this film stole my heart. I didn't need it anyway. Author James Baldwin’s work has rarely been translated to cinema. I Am Not Your Negro took unpublished writings and p…
Green Book Review
Sitting down to watch Green Book in this current atmosphere of ‘cancel culture’ and supreme ‘woke-ness’ is to sit down with a film that you’ve possibly already made your mind up about. Well, that is,…
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Review
Before sitting down to watch Can You Ever Forgive Me?, do yourself a favour and push everything you know about Melissa McCarthy out of your mind. Yes, she’s been sidelined into outlandish, over the to…
Beautiful Boy Review
The film watching period between October and January is one that’s full with films that simply exist to earn their talent an Oscar nomination. These are films that roll along, exist in the public cons…
Jirga enters the Oscars Best Foreign Language Film Race
That headline is a little bit of a clickbait grabber, but no less important. The superb Australian film Jirga has been submitted by Australia for consideration at the next Academy Awards. What does t…
A Fantastic Woman Review
The core story that drives A Fantastic Woman is simple. Daniela Vega stars as Marina, a transgender woman who is in a relationship with Francisco Reyes Orlando. Marina and Orlando go out one evening t…