Director: Hong Khaou Screenplay: Hong Khaou Cinematography: Ursula Pontikos Music: Stuart Earl Cast: Ben Whishaw (Richard), Pei-pei Cheng (Junn), Leila Wong (translator), Andrew Leung (Kai), Peter Bowles (Alan). I started…
How do you write a quality film review? The idea of expanding on the process in the form of a post has been going around my head for quite some…
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki Written by Hayao Miyazaki A Studio Ghibli Production Miyazaki said The Wind Rises was going to be his last film. Having seen almost all his films now…
Director: Joanna Hogg Written by: Joanna Hogg Cast: Viv Albertine (D), Liam Gillick (H), Tom Hiddleston (estate agent), Harry Kershaw (estate agent), Mary Roscoe (neighbour guest). I have a great…
Because of the nature of this film I believe that a standard review would largely fail to encapsulate the nature of Johnathan Glazer’s latest work Under the Skin. Loosely summarising…
I was recently blessed with the opportunity to watch Bill Morrison’s The Miners’ Hymns screened in the Barbican Hall with live music accompaniment of Jóhann Jóhannsson’s original score. Personally, I…
The first time I saw American Hustle I saw it as a self contained narrative about grotesque fictional characters that used very outrageous and pompous visuals (and female objectification) to…
This cursed film (after counting the days up to its release date, I only managed to see it a couple weeks ago after EVERYONE ELSE I KNEW saw it before…
What is the general idea behind the aesthetics of the film American Hustle? It looks like the director David O Russell went for a stylish, campy look and a fast…
Directed by: Alexander Payne Starring: Bruce Dern, Will Forte, June Squibb I have many more good things than bad to say about this film and because I believe it is…