Category Archives: Reviews
Review – Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
On 21st February 2012, four women entered the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow dressed in bright clothes and neon balaclavas and sang a protest song, interrupting a church service. This performance has since become a global news story with
Review: Sarah Gavron’s ‘Village at the End of the World’
If I posed the hypothetical question ‘How much do you know about rural Greenland?’ I imagine that the answer would be very little. This is not to insult anyone who has links with Greenland, or is in fact a Greenlander
Damnant quod non intellegunt* – Beyond the Hills
Beyond the Hills is Cristian Mungiu’s follow up to 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days which won the coveted Palme d’Or in 2007 and once again, the director utilises the close friendship of two female protagonists to comment upon
Netflix Film Of The Week….Malcolm Ingram’s ‘Small Town Gay Bar’
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Sometimes finding a film to stream can be an absolute chore, if you’re not careful its easy to get sucked into a wormhole awful television shows you didn’t watch the first time around, brain melting anime and James Belushi films.
Classic Horror Review: George A. Romero’s ‘Day of the Dead’ Bub
Review By Tony Cockles First there was Night of the Living Dead (the recent dead start popping up and causing a stink), then Dawn of the Dead (problem of walking corpses becoming a tad more widespread) and the third part in
Films on the Small Screen: Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
This week’s recommendation. …Silence in the House of God premiered on BBC4 Monday 10 June under the Storyville banner. It had a limited release in the cinema which is a real shame because everybody should have the opportunity to see it ,
Review: Director Rufus Norris Latest Film ‘Broken’
There are several things the British do very well. For instance, they make a mean cup of tea, they can queue for hours on end unnecessarily, they can constantly re-live the glory of winning some worldwide football competition that took
Review: Byzantium
Byzantium was an ancient Greek city that lies on the site of modern Istanbul. Legend has it that Byzas consulted an oracle who told him to found a city opposite the “Land of the Blind” – a reference Byzas interpreted
Horror Legacy Massacred by Texas Chainsaw (2013)
The old adage, “you can never have too much of a good thing” would appear to be the mantra of Hollywood horror producers – excellence being sporadic and fleeting. Friday the 13th tops the list of saturated horror franchises with
Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Liberace Biopic ‘Behind The Candelabra’
There are certain films that give you an insight into America through their content, and some by their context. Even without watching the new Steven Soderbergh film it is possible to see the prejudices that still exists in American society
