2 months ago
The Captor at EIFF: the beige-est beige
I’m going to keep this short. Robert Budreau’s The Captor is such a ‘nothing film’ – a 92-minute slog of…
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2 months ago
Memory: The Origins of Alien at EIFF – Unfocused, eye-rollingly silly doc
If you’ve seen Room 237, you’ll know that there are some pretty ridiculous theories floating around about The Shining. Rodney…
2 months ago
The Vast of Night at EIFF: Cinematic ASMR
The Vast of Night is cinematic ASMR – ecstatic spine chills from the brain and the heart. Spine chills from…
2 months ago
The Art of Self-Defence at EIFF: bizarre, violent satire
The Art of Self-Defence plays like a pre-Favourite Yorgos Lanthimos movie, only with a more intriguing plot and something actually…
2 months ago
Boyz in the Wood at EIFF: Gleefully nasty, turbo-charged debut
Like Jonas Åkerlund’s brilliant Lords of Chaos, you can tell that Boyz in the Wood was helmed by a music…
2 months ago
Brightburn at EIFF: an embarrassing, nepotistic mess
Brightburn is that rare film that fails on every single level – it fails so hard that it even fails…