Simple, rough as guts camera work. A script you could mistake for documentary and performances that scream naive authenticity. These are the pillars of this wonderfully realist portrait about a… Read More
Young Mothers / SFF
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Magellan / SFF
Review by Billy Newbery Going into Magellan from Lav Diaz, I had a feeling of cautiousness that stayed well into its runtime. As the film’s overwhelmingly well-crafted yet cold images… Read More
Spirit World / SFF
by Aksharaa Agarwal What more is there? The questions and answers of Eric Khoo’s Spirit World. Meeting heroes is a peculiar privilege. Knowing them before you meet them is stranger.… Read More
To Kill a Mongolian Horse / SFF
Review by Billy Newbery Breathtaking landscapes, the unbelievable spectacle of horseback theatre, the majesty of the everyday. These are the images that fill To Kill a Mongolian Horse (directed by Xiaoxuan… Read More
Fantastic Film Festival Opening Night
As drizzling rain hits the concrete, I walk along a string of busy restaurants. Turning the corner, I see the gorgeous Ritz Cinema, home of the Fantastic Film Festival. Tonight,… Read More
Europa! Europa!
A little over two weeks ago the European focused Europa! Europa! Film Festival came to a close for it’s fourth year. This year they had a handful of films which… Read More
Review: Maria
Review by Billy Newbery Maria, the third film in Pablo Larrain’s trilogy on powerful and influential women is once again a visually stunning marvel that is often utterly breathtaking, whose… Read More
Review: The Monkey
Review by Flynn Boffo In the latest film from Ozgood Perkins, death plays out as a series of untimely punchlines to the beat of a toy drum. Twin brothers Bill… Read More
Review : Grand Tour
Narrative and documentary interweave to deliver a tale of folly, and misguided love in Miguel Gomes’s latest film Grand Tour. Set in the year 1917, a civil servant for the… Read More
Review : Queer
The lights come up after a screening of Queer. I look down at my notes: something something… composition… perfection… cinematic sound design… Nirvana… imagery. Luca Guadagnino proves once again he… Read More