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The Congress (2013): “How do I know if I’m dreaming?”
Ari Folman’s The Congress (2013) is a surreal blend between live action and animation, starring actress Robin Wright as an alternate version of herself. Robin has reached a point in her acting career where it’s difficult to get good roles. Her agent introduces her to a man with a strange proposition in order to sustain her career […]
Rosemary’s Baby (1968): “Awful things happen in every apartment house.”
Firmly located within my top 10 films of all time, Rosemary’s Baby (1968) is a film that makes a permanent impression upon the viewer. Rosemary Woodhouse and her husband Guy have just moved in to a beautiful yet creepy apartment building that is rumoured to have been the location for a number of grisly murders […]
Camp Takota (2014): “You had to be there.”
The Holy Trinity of Youtube – Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart, and Hannah Hart – have joined forces to create a nostalgic film all about friendship and achieving your dreams. Camp Takota (2014) tells the story of Elise (Helbig), who is a sort-of-miserable publishing assistant who dreams of having her own book in print one day. She also […]
Shitfest 2014: On The Line (2001)
♥ Happy Valentines Day! ♥ Please consider this review as a personal Valentine addressed to each one of you. I wrote this for the one and only Shitfest at Isaacs Picture Conclusions. Shitfest is super fun and you should check out the overwhelmingly horrible films that people have been reviewing, if you haven’t already. In the […]
In Bruges (2008): “We shall strike a balance between culture and fun.”
It’s in Belgium. In Bruges (2008, dir. Martin McDonagh) is a black comedy starring Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, and towards the end, Ralph Fiennes. It follows two Irish hitmen, Ray (Farrell) and Ken (Gleeson), as they’re sent on an assignment to Bruges by their gangster boss, Harry (Fiennes). Hilarity ensues as Ray and Ken explore […]
Man With A Movie Camera (1929): Quick-shot review!
In Dziga Vertov’s experimental silent film Man With A Movie Camera (1929), we follow a cameraman as he films everyday scenes in Soviet life – busy streets, beaches, haircuts, birth, marriage, divorce, a funeral, working with machinery. We also see ‘behind the scenes’ as the film itself is being edited. The film shows both 24 […]
“Is it worth paying for a ticket?”: The Great Beauty (2013)
Paolo Sorrentino’s The Great Beauty (2013) follows the daily and nightly life of Jep Gambardella (Toni Servillo), an infamous socialite living in Rome. In his 20s, Jep moved to Rome and wrote an extremely successful novella, which he has lived off ever since. Now, aged 65, the emperor of Rome’s nightlife, he comes face to […]
Four Silent Shorts: Dots (1940), Emak-Bakia (1926), Ghosts Before Breakfast (1928), Anémic Cinéma (1926)
More silent shorts, four in fact, with paragraph reviews and a rating for each. It’s the return of this guy!
Ordet (1955): “Why is there not one among these believers who believe?”
Based on a play by Kaj Munk of the same name, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s Ordet (1955) tells the story of the Borgen family, who are farmers living in the Denmark countryside. The film focuses on three sons: Mikkel, whose wife Inger is pregnant; Anders, who seeks the hand of local tailor’s daughter Anne; and Johannes, […]
Two Silent Shorts: The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928), Un Chien Andalou (1929).
My obsession with short silent film continues! Here are two shorts that I watched recently, reviewed in paragraph form. Spoiler alert: these are both amazing films.
FILM GRIMOIRE 