Review – Ibsen in One Take
Plays and movies are normally kept apart like peas and carrots. Yet here is Ibsen in One Take, happily breaking all the rules of dinner plate organisation.
Category: Cinema
Review – Koo! Kin Dza Dza
This beautifully rendered Russian animation applies a satirical lens to stratified class systems.
Review – Omar
Omar is a taut and aesthetically stunning film that breaks your heart then smashes you in the face. It’s a tough story to take, but an important one.
Review – Why Don’t You Play In Hell?
In this insane gore-fest, a club of wannabe film-makers band together with an inarticulate loser and a psychotic former child star to film an epic katana battle between rival yakuza clans.
Review – Boyhood
Boyhood is a fraught yet funny film, and takes the unique approach of charting 12 actual years of Mason’s life.
Review – Still Life
See Still Life if you need a good cry and a reminder to spend more time with the people you love.
Review – Half of a Yellow Sun
Set in Nigeria, and based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Half of a Yellow Sun is a tale of interpersonal tragedy set against the background of the Biafran War (1967-1970).
Review – Bad Neighbours
Bad Neighbours is destined to be one of those touchstones comedies that teenagers will rewatch endlessly and adults will hold up as a classic of the genre.
Review – Bright Days Ahead
This is a carefree and carefully constructed movie which hits all its notes without looking like it’s trying.
Review – Winter’s Tale
The film tried too hard to mean something, to be more metaphysical. Apparently this is from the source material, but it didn’t translate well into film, and I couldn’t quite get swept along for the ride.
Review – Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Systemic flaws aside, the story is still interesting enough that the film is still enjoyable (as much as the subject material will allow) and insightful.
Review – Grudge Match
Almost all of Grudge Match is poorly executed, and none of it is very funny despite it obviously wanting to be. What plays out is a long and lazy film that never really finds its footing.
Review – Dallas Buyers Club
[Jared Leto’s] supporting role steals the spotlight, even alongside McConaughey’s colourful and commanding performance.
