Film, page 2

2 months ago

The Last Black Man in San Francisco: a tale of time, memory, and nostalgia

The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) both succeeds and fails in its tale of time, memory, nostalgia, and…

2 months ago

The Report at LFF: optimistic and refreshing

The Report, written and directed by Scott Z Burns, is the latest movie to revisit a dark chapter in American…

2 months ago

Color Out of Space at LFF: an elegant monolith of crazy

Preamble Shite: Yes, I know the correct spelling is ‘Colour’, and you Lovecraft scholars out there will know the Americanisation…

2 months ago

The El Duce Tapes at LFF: remarkably shrewd shock-rock-doc

If I had to describe The El Duce Tapes in a single word, I might say ‘shrewd’ – which would…

2 months ago

The Painted Bird at LFF: a pretty slice of empty neo-exploitation

A prominent UK-based critic gave The Painted Bird a 5* review during the Venice film festival. The main thesis of…

2 months ago

Monos at LFF: an unholy, malarial trance

Monos plays like a slow-motion freefall from an exploding jet plane at 43,000 feet. Taking audiences on a swirling, horrifyingly…