Sundance London 2019 Review: The Nightingale
by“Welcome to the world boy, full of misery from top to bottom.” In The Nightingale, young Irish convict Clare (Aisling Franciosi) is hellbent on…
“Welcome to the world boy, full of misery from top to bottom.” In The Nightingale, young Irish convict Clare (Aisling Franciosi) is hellbent on…
Sometimes the hardest goodbyes are the ones you never get to say. Lulu Wang’s second feature The Farewell is a semi-autobiographical exploration of familial…
Adapted from the eponymous 2014 novel, Sophie Hyde’s Animals is a gritty, drug-fuelled portrait of the destructive relationship between two best friends who have…
The comparisons have already begun; Olivia Wilde’s directorial debut has been branded the female Superbad, and lauded for its innovative use of classic high…
“I used to go to the porn stores and sex shops in Time Square. There were only men in these stores. I wanted to…
“The technological advancement that mankind is so proud of has distorted us to some extent. Living in giant civilized cities makes it easy for…
Camp is a certain mode of aestheticism. It is one way of seeing the world as an aesthetic phenomenon. That way, the way of…
“Do you hope you can expiate the crimes of the past by suffering in the present?” ― J.M. Coetzee, Disgrace The opening film in the…
“In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” — George Orwell What is the truth? Does it even…