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Review: Patriots Day – “Equally compelling and heartbreaking”

Posted by on Feb 23, 2017 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller | 0 comments

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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Review: Hacksaw Ridge – “It’s great to have Mel Gibson back behind the camera”

Posted by on Jan 27, 2017 in action, All, biopic, Film, Headline, Reviews, thriller, war | 0 comments

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...

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Captain Fantastic is the anti-establishment film we need right now

Posted by on Jan 27, 2017 in All, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Reviews | 0 comments

“Power to the people, stick it to the man.”  This powerful mantra sums up the philosophy of life Ben Cash and his wife have...

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Review: Manchester By The Sea – “A sprawling emotional mini-epic”

Posted by on Jan 13, 2017 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

During last week’s Golden Globe Awards, when referring to Manchester By The Sea, one of the evening’s multi-nominated contenders in the...

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Blu-ray Review: The Squid And The Whale – The Criterion Collection UK Release

Posted by on Jan 5, 2017 in All, drama, DVD/Blu-ray, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

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...

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Review: A Monster Calls

Posted by on Jan 4, 2017 in All, Books, drama, fantasy, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

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...

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James Schamus talks about his directorial debut, Indignation

Posted by on Nov 19, 2016 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Interviews, News | 0 comments

Right before meeting Mr. James Schamus, I got overwhelmed with the eponymous “never meet your heroes” myth. After all, it’s hard not to...

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Review: Indignation

Posted by on Nov 15, 2016 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

It is a mere coincidence in the UK theatrical distribution calendar, yet an interesting one nonetheless, that within the span of a week,...

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Review: American Pastoral

Posted by on Nov 14, 2016 in All, Books, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

Preposterous comments about big stars and their hitch to transition behind the camera simply don’t apply to American Pastoral. Despite...

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Review: I, Daniel Blake – “As important and powerful as cinema can get”

Posted by on Oct 21, 2016 in All, drama, Film, Headline, Reviews | 0 comments

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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