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 […]
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Charlie Kaufman: Human Nature and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
My love of Adaptation and Being John Malkovich is well documented on this blog, so naturally I expanded my viewing further into the world of Charlie Kaufman, the screen writer […]
Dave
When the President (Kevin Kline) falls into a coma, his ambitious aides find a lookalike called Dave (also Kline, obviously), to put in his place with the intention of maneuvering Chief of […]
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 […]
Death of a Salesman
Dustin Hoffman plays Willy, an ageing salesman down on his luck as his job is threatened and he has to support his layabout grown-up sons Biff and Happy (John Malkovich […]
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? […]
Dracula (1958)
Librarian Jonathan Harker (John Van Eyssen) travels across Europe to seek out the infamous Count Dracula (Christopher Lee), who’s sort of like a white Blacula. This is the film that […]
The Goblin Awards 2013
We were planning to do a “best of 2013” type blog post for the end of the year, but with a cinematic year about as inspiring as a pizza flavoured […]
Antiviral
When Duncan Jones, the offspring of David Bowie, made a low budget sci-fi film, it was met with some surprise. Less shocking is Brandon Cronenberg’s foray into the genre, as […]
Blog: Self Contained Films
Making a film set almost entirely in one location is one of the great challenges for directors. It’s a rare occurrence, but there are some great self contained films that […]
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