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“He had always understood the power of lies – how they could shape reality” The Talented Mr. Ripley, Patricia Highsmith  A lot of people will already be familiar with this story. After the success of 1999's The Talented Mr. Ripley by…

Hollywood is playing it too safe nowadays. This year, the major list of releases are one of two things: a sequel or a remake. With the sequels, there is actually a lot of excitement surrounding some of them, and perhaps rightly so. To be…

"I do love a good audience" - Pearl A few years ago, director Ari Aster released Hereditary. His debut all-in feature is a horror of such immense depth, that after the credits roll it stays with you for a long time. Part of that…

"Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the will of God." - William Peter Blatty What was it about religion that scared us? Perhaps it was our closeness to it: the fact it was, and still is all around us…

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime." - Mario Puzo, The Godfather novel Released half-a-century ago, The Godfather remains an integral and ageless work of art. Based on the bestselling novel by Mario Puzo and directed…

It's no secret how important a filmmaker Danny Boyle is. Ever since the cult classic Shallow Grave (1994), and his era-defining Trainspotting (1996), he has remained integral to cinema - granted there have been some clangers such as The…

"If you're hanging on to a rising balloon, you're presented with a difficult decision" - Danny  What Withnail And I achieves, is the promise so many movies have falsely laid claim to - perfection. Laden with equal amounts of wit and…

“If someone vomits watching one of my films, it’s like getting a standing ovation.” - John Waters (Shock Value) This is unlike any other movie: it is a test of endurance. Pink Flamingos is a visual shock game, where you play for…

Of late the streaming service Disney+ has branched out. With its Star series of movies and programmes, they moved from Disney only products and are now wholly aimed at competing with Netflix. One much-hyped series which promised to nourish…

Whomst among us is not guilty of using filters on Social Media platforms to change our appearance? That is at the core of Inventing Anna: pretense, faking and reinvention. Granted, in this limited series from Netflix, this pretense is on a…