by Bill Blake Len (played by Rhys Ifans) is an ageing rock legend taking time off from being a decent human being in his personal fortress of solitude – a… Read More
Review: Len and Company / American Essentials Film Festival / Bill
Category: Reviews
Heartbeats (Les Amours Imaginaires) / Nick
Heartbeats (Les Amours Imaginaires) – Dir. Xavier Dolan by Nick Ward Whenever I’m in the process of listing my favourite directors of all time, it will usually start looking something… Read More
Review: Hell Bento – Uncovering The Japanese Underground / FFS Film Festival / Nick
Japan has always fascinated me. The food, people, streets, stores, films – everything. With millions of people living in Tokyo alone, the country is teeming with varying cultures and beliefs.… Read More
Review: The Innocents / Kena
We finally get to Market Street, and it’s 6:03pm – late. We find the street number and ask where we might find the media screening for The Innocents, and we… Read More
Review: The Young Offenders / Irish Film Festival / Kena
The Young Offenders is a classic Irish comedy, with a strong moral didacticism woven neatly underneath the thick layer of stomach-clenching jokes. It’s impossible not to love the two main… Read More
Review: Atlantic / Irish Film Festival / Kena
Atlantic didn’t quite turn out the way I’d imagined it to, upon hearing the premise. For reference, here’s the premise I got: a documentary about fishing in the Atlantic. Fishing in… Read More
Review: Personal Shopper / Amy
In Personal Shopper (Dir. Olivier Assayas), Kirsten Stewart plays Maureen, a personal shopper for a wealthy socialite and model. She is a medium and is haunted by her recently deceased… Read More
Review: A Bag of Marbles / Alliance Française French Film Festival / Bill
Reviewed by Bill Blake Like The Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, A Bag Of Marbles is about a child’s experience of the terrible events of… Read More
Review: Things to Come / Alliance Française French Film Festival / Nick
review by Nick Ward I was fortunate to see Mia Hansen-Løve’s new film, Things to Come, at this year’s Alliance Française French Film Festival. The film follows Isabelle Huppert as a… Read More
Review: Lost in Paris / Alliance Francaise French Film Festival / Bill
Review by Bill Blake Lost in Paris is a charming comedy which takes the viewer from freezing small town Canada to bohemian Paris, after spinster librarian Fiona (played by Fiona… Read More