Author Archives: Anna (Film Grimoire)
The Devils (1971): Quick-shot review!
A controversial historical drama slash horror film filled to the brim with depravity and religious hysteria, The Devils (1971) is directed by Ken Russell, whose penchant for darker themes relating to sexuality and psychology is on proud display. Its synopsis is as follows: In 17th-century France, Father Urbain Grandier seeks to protect the city of […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: The Witch (2016)
The Witch (2016, dir. Robert Eggers), also known as The VVitch, or The VVitch: A New England Folktale, is a horror film set within a period drama set within the Puritanical beliefs of New England in the 1600s, where persecution of women for being ‘witches’ was rife. After it received a fair amount of hype […]
The Taste of Tea (2004): A sip of whimsy and charm.
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You might be able to tell that I have a special obsession with Japanese film. I find that the surrealism and humour of Japanese film tends to be in a class of its own, and The Taste of Tea (2004) is no exception to this. This charming film follows the movements…
March 2016 Favourites
March has ended and April is now here! I hope you all didn’t get pranked too badly on April Fool’s Day. March was another quiet month over here, but I do assure you that I got a lot of good reading done of some most excellent posts. Please find below a selection of my favourite […]
Blindspot 2016: Magnolia (1999)
Magnolia (1999, dir. P. T. Anderson) is probably the film that I have been most looking forward to seeing out of my Blindspot list this year. I love and adore P. T. Anderson (also known as Paul Thomas Anderson), and I adored watching Boogie Nights (1997) for my Blindspot challenge last year. Will Magnolia match […]
Film Experiment: I Made My Partner Watch Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
The other day I had what seemed like a brilliant idea when reflecting on Fifty Shades of Grey – what I thought was the worst film of 2015, and what certainly was a low point for women in film. My own beliefs clashed pretty violently with this film’s implicit disregard towards women, and apart from […]
Under the Skin (2013): “Where are you from?”
Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin (2013) is one of those films that I love re-watching. It’s an unforgettable and unashamedly strange film that will stick in your mind for a very long time. To describe the film’s synopsis using a previous post of mine: It tells the story of a beautiful female alien (Scarlett Johansson) […]
Search & Rescue #11
It’s been a while between drinks in my Search & Rescue series, so here I present to you a number of search terms I’ve been collecting from my statistics over the past couple of months, which seem to beg answers to some very interesting questions. For those who are new to Film Grimoire, I make […]
JeruZalem (2015): Quick-shot review!
Yet another found footage horror film set in an interesting and historical location, JeruZalem (2015, dir. Doron & Yoav Paz) invokes ancient legends within the context of the religious melting pot of the city of Jerusalem in Israel. When Sarah (Danielle Jadelyn) and her best friend Rachel (Yael Grobglas) travel to Israel for a fun […]
Short Term 12 (2013): “Why are you so nice to me?”
Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, Short Term 12 is a 2013 drama film starring Brie Larson as Grace, a staff member at a residential group home for children and adolescents; a home which is meant to house the young people for a short period of time between foster homes, however the reality is that many […]
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