Scheme Birds
Placed in the hands of such technically skilled filmmakers, this important story simply soars. Jim Ross reviews SCHEME BIRDS.
Category Archives: Reviews
Photograph
The beautiful subtleties in PHOTOGRAPH are a rare trait: asking the viewer to search themselves for their own meaning. But this is also where the film does fall short at times, requiring a little more substance or drama. Elle Haywood reviews.
Domino
It’s good to note that when De Palma the sequence-constructor is allowed to emerge from cracked casing of DOMINO, he can still sing. Marc Nelson reviews.
Shorts: Satellites
Joshua Ragan reviews the ‘Satellites’ instalment of the EIFF 2019 shorts program.
Only You
Elle Haywood reviews ONLY YOU, a modern-day romance, that descends into painful heartache and bitterly equal feuding.
Kursk: The Last Mission
On August 12th it will have been nineteen years since the Kursk submarine disaster, a naval accident that claimed the lives of all 118 people aboard the Russian submarine Kursk. Thomas Vinterberg’s newest film KURSK: THE LAST MISSION tries to tell the story of those aboard the vessel as well as the stories of their … Continue reading Kursk: The Last Mission
Armstrong
ARMSTRONG is an illuminating experience, but one that spends a little too much time basking in its own glow, and not enough exploring the dark side of the moon. Ben Johnston reviews.
Midsommar
MIDSOMMAR leads us through the agony of loss and alienation, and into the mesmerising depths of cultish insanity. Clara Strachan reviews.
Mrs Lowry & Son
MRS LOWRY & SON accurately, and often frustratingly, portrays the intricacies of life between mother and son. Francesca Woulfe reviews at EIFF 2019.
The Souvenir
Marc Nelson discusses THE SOUVENIR after its EIFF 2019 showings, where director Joanna Hogg casts her critical-yet-compassionate eye toward a stand-in for her younger self.