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EAFFI 2024 | Snow Leopard Marks A Worthy Farewell From Tibet’s Premier Filmmaker
Snow Leopard, the final film completed by Tibetan director Pema Tseden, is a drama of inaction.
A first-class protected animal in China, snow leopards can be neither killed nor captured. When one is trapped in a pen after killing nine…
Spinal Tap at 40 | the Evolution of the Music Mockumentary
Throughout human history there have been many grand declarations on the nature of intelligence by all manner of philosophers. The great Niccolò Machiavelli once said that “A wise man does at once what the fool does finally.” Pretty good,…
Dune: Part Two Movie Review | Zendaya and Chalamet Serve Desert Power
This writer hates sand. Seriously. The very thought of sand stirs an ancient rage inside that the world has never seen the likes of before. It may be due to the association between sand and heat and as someone who could be sunburned by…
Extreme Horror | She’s a Megalomaniac In Surreal Serial Killer Feature
Content warning: discussion of rape
Karim Ouelhaj’s Megalomaniac presents us with the most twisted brother-sister combo since the Firefly clan raped and murdered their way crosscountry in The Devil's Rejects. Using the real life…
Cult Killer Movie Review | Banderas Stars in Fun but Forgettable Trashy Thriller
Cult Killer is a film about abused women hunting down and murdering paedophiles and gang rapists. Obviously, there are people who will immediately know this film is not for them, but even if the subject matter doesn't automatically repel…
DIFF 2024 Review | Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the Worldis Consistently Funny and…
You shouldn’t judge a film by its title any more than you should judge a book by its cover, but the ethos of Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World is summed up in that title. Radu Jude’s masterful exploration of modern malaise…
Frank Tinney | The Rise and Fall of America’s Most Racist Comedian
There is nothing better than ringing in the New Year with laughter and good cheer. But be careful who and what you choose to laugh at – not every joke is told with the best of intentions. Indeed, the final week of 2023 was bookended by the…
The Iron Claw | Efron Delivers Career-best Performance in Heart-rending Wrestling Melodrama
If you’ve ever seen a Sean Durkin film in the cinema, chances are you left the screening with a sizable pit in your stomach. Durkin doesn’t just seem to enjoy the deeply miserable, he thrives in it. He helped launch Elizabeth Olsen’s…
The Zone of Interest Movie review | A Bewildering and Wholly Unique Piece of Cinema
By now, any review of The Zone of Interest surely has to begin by stating the obvious – it is a really, really good film. The performances are uniformly excellent. The subject matter is delivered with unrelenting ferocity. There's…
Report From 2024 Rotterdam Film Festival | The Home of Quirky, Passionate and Thought-provoking…
I have returned home! Well, physically, at least. My mind, along with all the money I spaffed on outrageously expensive flat whites and too many pastries, remains in the city of Rotterdam. Keep ‘em, I say!
This was my first time…