Lynn Shelton and Jay Duplass’ Outside In (2018) tells the story of an ex-con reimmersed into his hometown after 20 years of being in prison. When reading the synopsis of… Read More
Review: Outside In / American Essentials Film Festival / Arran
Category: Reviews
Review: Gauguin / Alliance Francaise French FF / David
There is a solid difference between artistic expression and reality. While artistic expression can imitate and recount reality, there is no necessity for it to be historically accurate. This difference… Read More
Rewind / Review: (500) Days of Summer / Larisa
Love is incredibly complex. For many of us, love is either the best thing in the world, or the worst. It can make us feel like we’re on top of… Read More
Review: Isle of Dogs
Tiana, Kena and Nick went along to Wes Anderson’s latest stop-motion animation Isle of Dogs during the week. Check out what they thought (summary with links to their full length reviews… Read More
Review: Love, Simon / Arran
Love, Simon is the kind of queer film I wish was available to me as a tween/young teen. Soon to be a cult classic, the film creates a laugh-out-loud funny yet heart… Read More
Review: The Space in Between / Arran
As a general rule of thumb, I love all movies. Marco Del Fiol’s reflective documentary on the Serbian performance artist Marina Abramovic, The Space in Between however, has certainly pushed… Read More
Review: Team Hurricane / MGFF / Tiana
An enchanting visual experience from Danish director Annika Berg, Team Hurricane (2017) combines elements of arcade-like images, documentary type home videos and Danish pop culture and comes to reinvent the… Read More
Classic Film Series / The Shining / Amy
The Shining, is Stanley Kubrick’s remarkably thrilling film that presents how supernatural presences, solitude and domestic issues can all contribute and exploit the delicacy of human sanity. Kubrick’s plot is… Read More
Review: Just Charlie / MGFF 18 / Kena
Just Charlie is one of the most beautiful films I’ve seen. Coming from someone who has gone through the process of coming out as transgender and as a teenager, I can… Read More
Review: Mary And The Witch’s Flower / Bill
Mary And The Witch’s Flower, from director Hiromasa Yonebayashi, is Studio Ponoc’s first feature film. Based on the book The Little Broomstick, the film follows the story of Mary Smith,… Read More