Paul Schrader’s Dog Eat Dog might have one of the best openings in recent memory. Without tediously itemising the whole sequence, let’s just say it involves a totally wired Willem Dafoe armed with a large knife in a lurid suburban setting where bold neon glows battle for supremacy. It’s like Schrader ingested … Continue Reading
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I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro, a movie which cannot spell out its own true name, sanitizes itself for the sake of the MPAA and declares itself at once … Continue Reading
London Film Festival 2016: The Ghoul
You’ve may not have realised it, but you've probably seen Gareth Tunley plenty of times on television. He’s appeared in everything … Continue Reading
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Mulan Brazenly Challenges Gender and Sexuality
Disney's Mulan came out right around the time my generation started watching movies in earnest. Long after Disney’s Golden Age (1937-1942), Millennials’ grew up during the animation giant's important soul searching … Continue Reading
Café Society
Woody Allen is at his best when he identifies a universal truth of love. In Annie Hall, it was the inevitability of separation. In Midnight in Paris, it was the desperate, idealistic longing for a time that never … Continue Reading
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Halfway through Rogue One, I started to futz with my hair (my habit for coping with boredom). After another 20 minutes I'd flipped the part of my mophead from right to left. This movie—a reckless jaunt through the … Continue Reading
London Film Festival 2016: The Autopsy of Jane Doe
Like Ronseal, The Autopsy of Jane Doe does exactly what it says on the tin. Writers Ian Goldberg and Richard Naing have done their research and come back with a horror film based on the meticulous process of … Continue Reading
Luke Cage: Season 1 with Hailey and Okwudili
This week, Okwudili and I delve into Marvel’s latest Netflix original series, Luke Cage. We unpack every nook and cranny of the show. We give particular attention to its highs (particularly its exploration of black … Continue Reading
