The Master
Philip Seymour Hoffman plays Lancaster Dodd, who is to L Ron Hubbard as Charles Foster Kane is to William Randolph Hearst, as Hynkel is to Hitler, or as The Emperor […]
Tag Archives: 2010s
Her
In this romantic sci-fi, Jouaquin Phoenix plays Theadore, a man who writes other people’s heartfelt letters for a living. As he struggles to fill the void left by his divorce, […]
Melancholia
It’s Justine’s (Kirsten Dunst) wedding day at a remote country house, but she’s feeling uneasy and the situation rapidly goes pear shaped. Her sister, Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), tries to pull […]
LGBT History Month: This is What Love in Action Looks Like
Love in Action is a Christian organisation in the US which tries to convert adults and teenagers from homosexuality. Aside from the sense of humour evident in their choice of […]
Kill Keith vs JCVD
To be able to laugh at oneself is an admirable trait, particularly when this involves poking fun at some historically un-stellar work. Here are two films that do just that, […]
West is West
On the list of films you didn’t expect to get the sequel treatment, East is East is high up the list, next to Donnie Darko and Psycho. But how does […]
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Wolf of Wall Street can be summed up in one word: excess. Martin Scorsese seeks to do for the yuppie culture of the 1980s what Brian De Palma did for […]
12 Years a Slave
Turner prize winning director Steve McQueen’s third picture deals with the harsh realities of slavery through the true story of Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor) who is betrayed and sold into […]
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Based on Nelson Mandela’s autobiography of the same name, this biopic charts the life of South Africa’s first black president, from his beginnings as a lawyer, through his leadership of […]
The House I Live In
When Colorado became the first state in the world to fully legalize recreational marijuana this week, some declared the war on drugs over. But what is the war on drugs? […]
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