Review: Patriots Day – “Equally compelling and heartbreaking”
When he doesn’t play around in Michael Bay fashion with silly projects like Battleship (2012), Peter Berg is a filmmaker to be taken more...
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Mel Gibson is back, ladies and gents, and it looks like he’s going to stick around. His fifth feature film as a director is the perfect...
Read MoreCaptain Fantastic is the anti-establishment film we need right now
“Power to the people, stick it to the man.” This powerful mantra sums up the philosophy of life Ben Cash and his wife have...
Read MoreReview: Manchester By The Sea – “A sprawling emotional mini-epic”
During last week’s Golden Globe Awards, when referring to Manchester By The Sea, one of the evening’s multi-nominated contenders in the...
Read MoreBlu-ray Review: The Squid And The Whale – The Criterion Collection UK Release
I remember I was still living back home in Italy when The Squid And The Whale (2005) was released in cinemas and trust me, if you weren’t...
Read MoreReview: A Monster Calls
It was 9 am in the morning last October when I saw A Monster Calls at the BFI London Film Festival’s press screening and despite the early...
Read MoreJames Schamus talks about his directorial debut, Indignation
Right before meeting Mr. James Schamus, I got overwhelmed with the eponymous “never meet your heroes” myth. After all, it’s hard not to...
Read MoreReview: Indignation
It is a mere coincidence in the UK theatrical distribution calendar, yet an interesting one nonetheless, that within the span of a week,...
Read MoreReview: American Pastoral
Preposterous comments about big stars and their hitch to transition behind the camera simply don’t apply to American Pastoral. Despite...
Read MoreReview: I, Daniel Blake – “As important and powerful as cinema can get”
It is hard to imagine the British film industry in the current sociopolitical climate without the contribution of Ken Loach’s...
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