Snow on Tha Bluff – One Confusing and Interesting Ride
Love or hate it, Damon Russell’s Snow on Tha Bluff is a captivating film that questions the notions of documentary and fiction. Part documentary, part drama, […]
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Compliance – review
Don’t pick up the phone The single most important detail in Compliance is the inclusion of the disclaimer in its opening credits. Up on the screen, in […]
Cloud Atlas – review
On Cloud Nine Is there any point in labeling books as ‘unfilmable’ anymore? HBO has enjoyed a huge amount of success since 2011 for adapting […]
Lincoln – Review
A Little Less Conversation Any self respecting history aficionado knows that watching past events through the eyes of Steven Spielberg is akin to looking at […]
My Top Three Undead Films of All Time
Cemetery Man (Michele Soavi, 1994) aka Dellamorte Dellamore Somewhere in English speaking Italy: Francesco (Rupert Everett) and Gnaghi (François Hadji-Lazaro) are the caretakers of a small-town cemetery where the dead come […]
El Norte and Sin Nombre. Dangerous Journeys: Disassembling the Beast
Cary Fukunaga’s Sin Nombre (2009) and Gregory Nava’s El Norte (1983) show us the neo-realistic journeys immigrants from Central America and Mexico face on their expedition north to the […]