Happy End Review
THERE is no denying that Michael Haneke is one of the most original directors working in cinema today.
Funny Games in 1997 and The Piano Teacher in 2001 showcased his reputation for delivering genuinely provocative...
GOOD TIME Review
ROBERT Pattinson is still known by many for his appearances in the lucrative Twilight series.
But since the final film in 2012, like his co-star and former partner Kristen Stewart, Pattinson has branched out into...
THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER Review
FOLLOWING the success with their first collaboration The Lobster, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and Colin Farrell reteam for The Killing of a Sacred Deer, an uncomforting and often disturbing morality tale that stands out...
THE SNOWMAN Review
BACK in 2008, Michael Fassbender made his breakthrough in Hunger and Swedish director Tomas Alfredson gave Scandinavian horror a name for itself with his vampire parable Let the Right One In.
Following on in 2011,...
ON BODY AND SOUL Review
AN UNUSUAL relationship story is the centrefold for On Body and Soul, a slow, quiet and likeable adult drama from Hungary that succeeds largely to its status as an often imagery-driven piece.
When the film...
MOTHER! Review
THERE are many words that can be used to describe Mother!, the latest work from Pi and Black Swan director Darren Aronofsky.
Intense is one. Surreal another. Bonkers even. Or maybe it is best to...
DUNKIRK Review
THERE are not many directors working today who can be trusted to deliver a World War Two movie with a production budget of $100 million.
One is though and it is Christopher Nolan who brings...
La La Land Review
RYAN Gosling and Emma Stone reunite for the third time with Whiplash director Damien Chazelle at the helm in La La Land, a musical piece that has its share of heart but not to...
A Monster Calls Review
A YOUNG boy involved in a gruelling family matter finds potential for closure with help from a talking tree in J.A. Bayona’s A Monster Calls, a hybridity of social realism and fantasy that means...
Silence Review
DECADES in the making and after much uncertainty, Martin Scorsese at long last brings to the screen Silence, an often disturbing drama that may not be beloved as other works but presents as a...
