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Category Archives: Features
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SELMA
I won’t tell you how I managed to watch an Academy screener of SELMA at a friend’s house, a few weeks before the film’s general release. Because I’d have to kill you all. Or be killed by the kind person – who shall not be named – who entrusted us with this precious parcel. Massive buildup … Continue reading
WHIPLASH & GIRLHOOD
– What could possibly cause a potential aneurysm just by sitting down for two hours? The film WHIPLASH of course! Electrifyingly kinetic from performance to edit, every moment is intimately indicative of the suffocating world of obsession as Whiplash tells the story of music student (Miles Teller) and his fractious relationship with toxic mentor ( JK Simmons). In my … Continue reading
Winner & Losers
Congratulations to MELISSA LOFTMAN of Wanderlust fame. She wins a selection of Fox titles after correctly answering the following question: Who performed the score to Louis Malle’s Lift To The Scaffold? The answer was of course….Miles Davis. Congrats Melissa, your DVDs and a weekend of excellent film watching will be coming to you soon! While … Continue reading
2014 – A Year In Film
Seems like only yesterday I was thinking about the film goodness I consumed in 2013, so it’s a little disconcerting that the time has come around again so quickly. 2014 has been a good year for film in my opinion. I think it has more to do that because the last year has been decidedly … Continue reading
BIRDMAN REVIEW & HOLIDAY GIVEAWAY!
Full of Christmas cheer and goodwill to all, I thought I’d spread a little of it to you. With the help of Fox Entertainment, I had the pleasure of attending a preview screening of BIRDMAN. I know! A review on Christmas Eve! Stop! But the excitement doesn’t end there, because after the review I will be offering a … Continue reading
FESTIVAL ROUND-UP PART 2
Whether it be my extreme selectivism this year as a consequence of time and just film fatigue, I feel especially lucky to have liked so many films from LFF 2014. One that certainly gave my emotions a thoroughly good work out was the poetically ethereal POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS Edwyn Collin’s dreamlike documentary about his post-stroke … Continue reading
The Return! Festival Round-up Part 1
Hello strangers! It’s been a while. A long long while. I’ve barely recovered from two festivals (London Film Festival and Film Africa) while working my now full-time job. But I won’t lament the self-caused exhaustion I caused myself because I have too much film goodness to talk about. I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot … Continue reading
Shameless Plug Time!
I’ve been bad I know. In fact I’ve been terrible. My AWOL situation is inexcusable. Well actually I have a pretty good excuse. I’ve been exceptionally busy with film festival work. As a peace offering I will be putting my two cents worth of reviews for the upcoming BFI London Film Festival which kicks off … Continue reading
The Wolf Of Wall Street & Inside Lleywn Davis
My feelings towards this first offer is twofold. It is perhaps the most flashy advert to greed and consumerism, a glorious ode to the church of unregulated capitalism. It is also an example of a well made film steadfast in its commitment to it’s original source. Therein lies the problem. Scorsese is a virtuoso, and … Continue reading
THE STATION AGENT SPEAKS 