Hard Tide, 2016. Directed by Robert Osman and Nathanael Wiseman. Starring Nathanael Wiseman, Mem Ferda, Alexandra Newick, Oliver Stark, Ralph Brown, Katarina Gellin, Beverly Hills, Sean Cronin and Grant Davis. SYNOPSIS: A small-time drug dealer forges an unlikely bond with a neglected nine-year-old girl. Jake (Nathanael Wiseman) may be a drug peddler on the streets of […]
Blu-ray Review – Tootsie (1982)
Tootsie,1982. Directed by Sydney Pollack. Starring Dustin Hoffman, Dabney Coleman, Charles Durning, Teri Garr, Charles Gaynes, Jessica Lange, Bill Murray, and Sydney Pollack. SYNOPSIS: A New York actor’s volatile reputation keeps him unemployed, which forces him to adopt a new identity as a woman to secure any roles. With transgender rights being such a hot […]
Movie Review – The Sweeney: Paris (2015)
The Sweeney: Paris, 2015. Directed by Benjamin Rocher. Starring Karl Amoussou, Féodor Atkine, Jakob Cedergren,Stefi Clema, Oumar Diaw, Alban Lenoir, Jess Liaudin, Caterina Murino, Thierry Neuvic, Sabrina Ouazani, .and Jean Reno SYNOPSIS: A ragtag squad of French cops, whose old-fashioned protocol infuriates the commissioner, recognises a series of bank and jewellery heists that have the hallmarks of […]
Jacques Audiard’s films ranked from worst to best
Matthew Lee ranks Jacques Audiard’s films from worst to best… To coincide with the release of Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan [read our review here], the winner of last year’s Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival, we’re looking through this auteur’s back catalogue. With consistent critical acclaim, we’re here to see if such receptions still hold up, and […]
Movie Review – Decay (2015)
Decay, 2015. Directed by Joseph Wartnerchaney. Starring Hannah Barron, Jackie Hoffman, Lisa Howard, Elisha Yaffe, and Rob Zabrecky. SYNOPSIS: Jonathon is a recluse. One afternoon he finds a young woman is lurking around in his cellar. Unfortunately, due to a misstep, the woman ends up dead. Jonathon, rather than reporting it, is happy to have […]
Movie Review – Dheepan (2015)
Dheepan, 2015. Directed by Jacques Audiard. Starring Faouzi Bensaidi, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Kalieaswari Srinivasan, Vincent Rottiers, Claudine Vinasithamby and Marc Zinga. SYNOPSIS: Three Sri Lankan refugees come together to forge a fake a family to flee from the conflict and emigrate to a banlieue in France, where they begin to etch out a living against such […]
Movie Review – They’re Watching (2016)
They’re Watching, 2016. Directed by Jay Lander and Micah Wright. Starring David Alpay, Cristian Balint, Brigid Brannagh, Dimitri Diatchenko, Mia Faith, Carrie Genzel and Kris Lemche. SYNOPSIS: An American TV crew are sent to a small Moldovan village to record a reality home improvement show, but they soon come into conflict with the locals, and […]
Movie Review – Hitchcock/Truffaut (2016)
Hitchcock/Truffaut, 2016. Directed by Kent Jones. Starring Mathieu Amalric, Wes Anderson, Olivier Assayas, Peter Bogdanovich, Arnaud Desplechin, David Fincher, James Gray, Alfred Hitchcock, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Richard Linklater, Paul Schrader, Martin Scorsese, Francois Truffaut. SYNOPSIS: Filmmakers look at the impact Francois Truffaut’s 1966 book ‘Cinema According to Hitchcock’ had on Hitchcock’s reputation, and their own films. […]
Interview: Grímur Hákonarson talks Rams
Matthew Lee chats with Rams writer-director Grímur Hákonarson… The winner of last years Prix Un Certain Regard at Cannes Film Festival, Rams continues its success with an abundance of critical praise from across the globe. It tells the story of brothers Gummi and Kiddi, who haven’t spoken to each other in 40 years, slowly reconcile to prevent the culling […]
DVD Review – Irrational Man (2015)
Irrational Man, 2015. Directed by Woody Allen. Starring Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Jamie Blackley, and Parker Posey. SYNOPSIS: A philosophy professor, in the midst of an existential and a moral crisis, commits an irrevocable act of murder. Nihilistic philosophy professor Abe (Joaquin Phoenix), a newly recruited member of the fictional college campus Braylin, is immediately […]
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