Diego Aparicio reviews Carla Simón’s fresh biographical drama. This review originally appeared on the author’s film blog, Observancy. It has been slightly modified. Estiu 1993 (“Summer 1993”) has made quite a splash: Carla Simón’s autobiographical […]
Month: November 2017
‘Tom of Finland’ Review
Pihla Pekkarinen takes a look at the biographical film of a queer art icon. “Tom of… Tom of Finland.” “Tom of Sweden would sell more.” In its portrayal of a […]
‘Professor Marston and the Wonder Women’ Review
Editor Chloe Woods examines Angela Robinson’s biographical drama. Sometimes history defies the limits of creative imagination: and this is the case with the creator of Diana Prince, Wonder Woman, first […]
‘The Death of Stalin’ Review
Sam Asher reviews Iannucci’s period comedy. The Death of Stalin, Armando Iannucci’s latest comedy, follows the power vacuum in the Soviet Union caused by said death in 1953. As is […]
The Evolution of the Jock in ‘Stranger Things’ and ‘Twin Peaks’
Calvin Law examines a common television archetype through two cult shows. (WARNING: spoilers for Stranger Things and Stranger Things 2, Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: The Return) In many ways, David Lynch and Netflix could […]
‘Daddy’s Home 2’ Review
Alexandra Petrache reviews the second seasonal comedy instalment. “A day without laughter is a wasted day,” my Thai fortune cookie said on Saturday night. Fantastic, I thought. Good thing I […]
‘Mindhunter’ Season 1 Review
Raphael Duhamel reviews David Fincher’s thrilling Netflix series. “It’s always the mother. They all have a crazy, angry mother.” Mindhunter is a Freudian’s dream. Set in Virginia in 1977, the […]
The Cakemaker (‘Der Kuchenmacher’) Review
Alex Dewing examines Ofir Raul Graizer’s emotional debut. Israeli writer-director Ofir Raul Graizer isn’t holding back in his poignant feature debut: The Cakemaker tackles everything from sexuality to religion. As the first […]
Round-up: London East Asian Film Festival (LEAFF) 2017
Xin Yi Wang runs through a few films from the London East Asian Film Festival, which ran from the 19th to the 29th of October. Names such as Akira Kurosawa, […]
Central DOCS Club: ’78/52′ Review
The first of our co-hosted Central DOCS Club screenings with Picturehouse Central saw ’78/52′, the story of Hitchcock’s famous shower scene, screened and followed by a discussion. Katie Jackson continues […]