Pawn Sacrifice
Tobey Maguire plays chess legend Bobby Fischer, the working class New Yorker who took on the USSR at the height of the Cold War, back when chess was cool before Deep […]
Author Archives: Alex Chafey
Powaqqatsi
Director Godfrey Reggio and composer Philip Glass reunite in this follow-up to 1982’s Koyaanisqatsi. As with its predecessor, the film is entirely without words or story, and acts as much […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Disney continue their mission to turn Star Wars from a major cultural event to background noise with this harbinger of the cinematic end-times. It follows self-interested smuggler Han Solo (Alden […]
We’re Not Married!
A bumbling public official (Victor Moore) has just been granted the right to carry out marriages when a young couple arrives at his door looking to tie the knot. Several […]
The Magic Flute
Ingmar Bergman directs this theatre/film hybrid of Mozart’s legendary opera. The plot centres on Tamino (Josef Köstlinger), fulltime hero and part time flautist, in his quest to return the lovely […]
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Some years after Alice In Wonderland, Alice is a successful sea captain and Tim Burton is no more. After being robbed of her ship and wealth, Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns […]
James Comey: A Higher Loyalty
While ostensibly the memoirs of the shortest-serving FBI Director of all time, A Higher Loyalty is really about two people. James Comey, and Donald Trump. It takes us through his […]
Avengers: Infinity War
Thanos, the villain first teased in 2012’s The Avengers, finally crashes through the ceiling for his moment in the limelight. In a plan that could have been concocted by an […]
Cruising
Serpico dons leathers in an undercover mission to find a serial killer who preys on gay men in New York’s underground bondage scene, in this 1980 film from Exorcist director […]
Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons: A Reimagining
It’s certainly a bold move to re-compose a classic like Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. To even attempt it requires a certain level of confidence in your vision. But Max Richter’s […]
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