Movie Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
Each time the Sundance Film Festival rolls around, there are inevitably two categories of film which make the news: those that are so far off of the deep end that people become visibly upset by what they are seeing on-screen, and those that people view as possible Oscar contenders for Best Picture. Beasts of the Southern Wild, a … Read more
Movie Review: Drive
Drive is Nicholas Winding Refn’s first return to a crime story since his final installment in the Pusher series, but the director winds up hewing to close to his own conventions to make truly compelling cinema. When I first sat down to watch Drive, I was not entirely sure what I what sort of film … Read more
Movie Review: A Dangerous Method
As tempting as it is, I will try and get through this entire review without making any bad puns. A name like Jung is just begging for it, but I shall resist. David Cronenberg’s newest film, A Dangerous Method, is an in intriguing portrait of two of the biggest names in psychology and the patient … Read more
Movie Review: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tomas Alfredson is an incredible director whose other internationally-acclaimed film, Let the Right One In, was easily one of the best movies of the last decade as far as I’m concerned. Well, now he’s back and I am very pleased to say that his latest effort, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, easily matches up to his impressive … Read more
