TRIBECA 2019: Run
Run is the story of a boy desperate to get away from his boring, dead-end hometown, and turns to racing cars as the only opportunity to inject a little excitement into his life. It’s also the story of a man who is deeply dissatisfied with…
REVIEW: Love Is Blind (2019)
In the world of romantic comedies, there’s an entire subgenre of films where quirkiness is an objective in and of itself. The characters are damaged (but only in ways that make them endearing to both their fellow characters and the audience) and they exist in…
TRIBECA 2019: Slay The Dragon
Have you ever opened your mouth to scream but instead it felt like a swarm of bees was about to fly out? For four to six years straight? It’s no secret that if you’re a liberal in the United States, the past few years have…
TRIBECA 2019: Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
When I was a little girl, my grandparent’s neighbor passed away, and we inherited several boxes of VHS tapes. The old man had recorded every single moment of the OJ Simpson trial, from start to finish. Each tape was neatly labeled, placed in order, and…
REVIEW: Game Of Thrones (Season 4)
After the sheer barbarity of season 3, it seems only natural that season 4 of Game of Thrones would be all about justice. Revenge. Retribution. Almost nothing else happens in this season except people trying to punish those who have wronged them. But while most…
REVIEW: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind (2019)
What makes a “based on a true story” film legitimately compelling rather than a fleetingly entertaining curiosity? The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind, the latest Netflix original film and directorial debut from actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, may be an utterly conventional heart-warmer of a true story,…
RECAP: Game Of Thrones (Season 3)
By the time we get to the third season of Game of Thrones, more than ever before there is the very real sense that the monsters are winning. Throughout the first two seasons, we’ve become inured to evil men doing evil things, while our heroes…
REVIEW: Polterheist (2018)
Hindsight can be a blessing and a curse, you know? For example, you might think that blending the genres of comedy, horror, and heist sounds like a really fun idea, but after watching Polterheist, you might have a clearer idea of why so few directors…
London Short Film Festival: Midnight Movies
A selection of bite-sized horrors served up as is LSFF tradition: at (just about!) midnight. Expect hints of Under the Skin sprinkled with Stranger Things, zombies, vigilante social justice shapeshifters, witches and scientific experiments gone awry – all any horror lover needs The Midnight Movies…
London Short Film Festival: Out Of History
This international selection sifts through the rubble of history, finding new meaning in the aesthetics, ideology and artefacts of the past. Whether it be finding parallels between the romantic mysticism of medieval knights and the political dissenters of today or the timely excavation of surveillance…
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