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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain Film Review | The Power of the Cat
Directed by Will Sharpe, Amazon Studios’ 2021 film The Electrical Life of Louis Wain stars Oscar-nominated Benedict Cumberbatch, who also produced the film, as Louis Wain. This eccentric time-piece drama based on a true story opens to a…
Titane Film Review | A Fearless Exploration of Violence, Sexuality and Everything in Between
When Titane won the Palme D’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, there were murmurs in some circles that the result was akin to Crash’s controversial victory at the 2005 Oscars. This is to say that, as there were so many worthy…
The Matrix Resurrections Plugs Us Right Back into Wonderland
In 1999 there were two things that were on the tip of every person’s tongue; Y2K, and Keanu Reeves. Y2K was quickly realised to be a hoax (only after bomb shelter construction skyrocketed). But the world still hasn’t found a cure for Keanu…
14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible Proves There Ain’t No Mountain High Enough for Nirmal Purja
In 2019, Nirmal “Nimsdai” (or Nims) Purja set out to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in seven months, smashing the prior world record of seven years held by Jerzy Kukuczka in 1987. In total, forty climbers have done it over…
C’mon C’mon Captures the Messiness and Marvel of Parenthood
C’mon C’mon. This isn’t just the title of writer/director Mike Mills’ fourth, and probably best, feature. It’s also a mantra for both its characters and just about anyone who inhabits the screen for even a nanosecond. The words are first…
In the Same Breath Film Review | A Gripping Dissection of a Worldwide Tragedy
Chinese director Nanfu Wang’s newest documentary, In the Same Breath, follows the unfolding chaos, fear and misinformation of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China and the United States, beginning on New Year’s 2020. Known for One Child…
Artifical Intelligence Documentary The Brain is a Real Thinker | IFI French Film Festival
Jean-Stéphane Bron's documentary The Brain is screening as part of the IFI French Film Festival 2021.
The Brain addresses the ever-nearing ethical dilemma: the fact that our advance A.I. will soon outstrip our understanding of the…
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass | Oliver Stone Goes Down the Rabbit Hole Yet Again
In his new documentary, Oliver Stone leads viewers on a journey that will contain exactly two phenomenons: moments of genuine shock, and moments of confusion. The shock will make you feel as though you are a more qualified…
Passing Gets An A+ | Netflix Film Review
It would, I argue, be simultaneously very dismissive and highly complimentary to describe Rebecca Hall’s Passing as a seamless translation of Nella Larsen’s novella from page to screen. That would ignore the ingenious choices made in terms…
Val Film Review | An Intimate Self-Portrait of a Complicated Star
Directed by Ting Poo and Leo Scott, the 2021 Amazon Studios documentary Val paints a self-made portrait of Val Kilmer, seen from the perspective of the thousands of hours of homemade film that Kilmer has recorded since childhood. Kilmer,…