Festival Coverage
Finders Keepers – Sundance 2015
Finder Keepers may just sport one of the most bizarre, madcap, premises for a documentary ever. If not that, then it at
The Witch – Sundance 2015
Robert Eggers debut feature as writer/director, The Witch, is the kind of abstract horror feature that can either flounder in
What Happened Miss Simone? – Sundance 2015
Nina Simone is one of those people who requires no introduction, but after viewing Liz Garbus’ stellar documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?, you might be
It Follows – Sundance 2015
Aside from its prologue, which introduces the threat and what it does, David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows presents a hazy kind of
Lizzie Borden Took An Axe – DVD Review
In 1892, a young American woman named Lizzie Borden was tried and acquitted for the axe murders of her mother and father
In Order of Disappearance – EIFF 2014
Hans Petter Moland’s In Order of Disappearance is as slick and indifferent as the cold environment it occurs in. Originally titled ‘The Prize Idiot’, the film follows Nils Dickman (Stellan Skarsgard), a quiet dedicated snow-plough who becomes a furious force of vengeance when his son is murdered by a drug cartel.
Ai Weiwei: The Fake Case – EIFF 2014
Last year I was lucky enough to catch the tale-end of a Toronto exhibit of Ai Weiwei’s work. It was the first time I’d laid eyes on the renowned Chinese artist’s stuff but even then you can see the acidic commentary on the Chinese government clean off the bat. Andreas Johnsen’s insightful documentary proves an […]
Cold in July – EIFF 2014
Jim Mickle is fast proving himself to be a director of particular vision and consistent quality: 2010’s Stakeland and last year’s We Are What We Are both flaunt a gorgeous unity of content and tone. This perfect southern Gothic vibe leaks through into his new feature Cold in July.
Welcome to New York – EIFF 2014
Abel Ferrara has always been interested in contemporary American society, particularly the class divide of New York and the legitimacy of the so-called upper classes. His latest film Welcome to New York is a bold look at high-class low-life.
Aberdeen – EIFF 2014
Though Pang Ho-cheung’s Aberdeen is very much a Chinese film about Hong Kong, it refuses to alienate its audience by making its focus specific issues of Chinese life. Aberdeen is essentially a film about relationships in the contemporary world told through the parallel and intertwining lives of the people in one family. On each level […]
