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Film Review: Nosferatu
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Robert Eggers Starring Bill Skarsgard, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe R Early in Nosferatu, our leading man Thomas finds himself at a literal crossroads waiting for a carriage that will take him to his next client – the mysterious and reclusive Count Orlok, who lives in Transylvania…
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Film Review: A Complete Unknown
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by James Mangold Starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro R In 2005, director James Mangold released Walk the Line, a biopic on legendary singer and artist Johnny Cash. While many a music biopic have come and gone these days, Walk the Line is in a lot…
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Film Review: Sonic the Hedgehog 3
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Jeff Fowler Starring Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, James Marsden, Keanu Reeves PG I’m finding it difficult to start my writeup this time around. Normally how these things go is “unfunny one liner to grab your attention, explaining the premise, and then launching into tirades about nothing”, which works…
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Film Review: A Different Man
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Aaron Schimberg Starring Sebastian Stan, Renate Reinsve, Adam Pearson, C. Mason Wells R Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man, which begins on a man’s face being scanned for the possibility of treatment, is one of the most unique films of the year simply by the means of it’s execution.…
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Film Review: Kneecap
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Rich Peppiatt Starring Naoise Ó Cairealláin, Liam Óg Ó Hannaidh, JJ Ó Dochartaigh, Michael Fassbender R I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not exactly fully verse in the complex geopolitical landmine that is Northern Ireland. My experience with it is completely tangential and mostly through screens,…
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Film Review: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof Starring Sohelia Golestani, Missagh Zareh, Mahsa Rostami, Setareh Maleki PG-13 Mohammad Rasoulof has more guts then anybody else alive right now. The Seed of the Sacred Fig is worth watching regardless of it’s quality simply cause of the things that director Rasoulof had to go through…
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Film Review: All We Imagine as Light
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Payal Kapadia Starring Kani Kusruti, Divya Prabha, Chhaya Kadam, Hridhu Haroon Not Rated The immediately gorgeous and tender All We Imagine as Light actually begins rather quaint compared to what you might expect considering the sheer amount of praise this has gotten since it’s debut at Cannes. The…
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Film Review: Misericordia
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Alain Guiraudie Starring Félix Kysyl, Catherine Frot, Jacques Develay, Jean-Baptiste Durand Not Rated Immediately from the onset, Misericordia is bizarre. Not just in the usual “oh you quirky French” kind of way – though there is definitely a bit of that – but also in that something is…
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Film Review: Dahomey
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Mati Diop Not Rated There are 7000 historical artifacts from the kingdom of Dahomey that were stolen. The French colonial rule took these for the taking, and nowadays the objects sit for viewing at the Paris museum Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, just waiting there. Sitting.…
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Film Review: Young Hearts
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Anthony Schatteman Starring Lou Goossens, Marius De Saeger, Geert Van Rampelberg, Emilie De Roo Not Rated Young Hearts, for better and for worst, is mostly sweet and unassuming. And this is mostly by design; it wants to be cozy, comfort version of these kinds of stories, a Close…
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