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Film Review: The Mastermind
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Kelly Reichardt Starring Josh O’Connor, Alana Haim, Hope Davis, Bill Camp R A heist film is not exactly the thing you would expect from Kelly Reichardt on first glance. The slow cinema auteur known for her meticulously and lesiurely paced stories is, on paper, the anti-crime movie filmmaker;…
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Film Review: The History of Sound
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Oliver Hermanus Starring Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor, Molly Price, Chris Cooper R For a movie about the notions of sound and how it surrounds us almost constantly, The History of Sound is achingly quiet. Nobody really speaks above a whisper, and when they do it’s less about the…
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Film Review: My Favourite Cake
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Maryam Moghaddam and Behtash Sanaeeha Starring Lily Farhadpour, Esmail Mehrabi, Mansoureh Ilkhani, Soraya Orang Not Rated Political art is not always flashy. Normally when people think of it it’s through the banner of protests or government buildings or actively discussing political figures or regimes. There is a tendency…
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Film Review: Omaha
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Cole Webley Starring John Magaro, Molly Belle Wright, Wyatt Solis, Talia Balsam Not Rated With a slow, almost unsure beginning, Omaha is a film that leaves it’s viewer at a distance almost immediately. This is on purpose, clearly by design from a newcomer filmmaker with something to prove.…
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Film Review: Sirat
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Oliver Laxe Starring Sergi Lopez, Bruno Nunez Arjona, Richard Bellamy, Stefania Gadda Not Rated Just like the music that pumps through the sound systems at a rave, Sirat moves at it’s own pulsating, intricate rhythm. In fact, the first and final images of Sirat are like a loop,…
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Film Review: Rental Family
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Hikari Starring Brendan Fraser, Takehiro Hira, Mari Yamamoto, Akira Emoto PG-13 It’s not hard on the onset to see Rental Family, Hikari’s sophomore feature outing and her first major one in the Hollywood sphere after making a name for herself thanks to her work on Beef, as an…
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Film Review: It Was Just An Accident
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Jafar Panahi Starring Vahid Mobasseri, Mariam Afshari, Ebrahim Azizi, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr PG-13 There really isn’t another filmmaker quite like Jafar Panahi, whose essential work in Iranian cinema is, of itself, an act of supreme defiance and rage. But while he isn’t the only director in recent memory…
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Film Review: A Private Life
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski Starring Jodie Foster, Daniel Auteuil, Virginie Efira, Mathieu Amalric R A strange, almost self-analytical “murder” mystery that’s honestly more about it’s investigator then the supposed crime itself, A Private Life certainly has it’s work cut out for it. It wants to be a sophisticated character study…
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Film Review: Tron: Ares
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Joachim Rønning Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jeff Bridges PG-13 Disney can’t seem to figure out what to do about Tron, huh? The 80s cult hit, which languished in mostly cinephile history books as a strange but important note in the development of VFX, became one of…
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Film Review: One Battle After Another
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Chase Infiniti R The chance to review a new Paul Thomas Anderson flick is something of a rare opportunity. One of the greatest living American filmmakers – maybe one of the last if AI seemingly has it’s…
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