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Film Review: Memoria
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul Starring Tilda Swinton, Elkin Diaz, Jeanne Balibar, Juan Pablo Urrego PG A thud in the night is what startles Jessica, our lead, awake. It’s a loud, sudden burst of noise after a long stretch of silence, and the banging never returns. As Jessica lies awake, waiting…
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Film Review: Broker
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Starring Song Kang-ho, Gang Dong-won, Lee Ji-eun, Bae Doona R In terms of cinematic blindspots, Hirokazu Kore-eda has remained one of the biggest in terms of my own personal experience. Outside of general praise from fellow cinephiles and a constant reminder of the strength of his…
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Film Review: Decision to Leave
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Tang Wei, Park Hae-il, Lee Jung-hyun, Park Yong-woo R Park Chan-wook is one fascinating guy huh? One of South Korea’s most enigmatic talents, it’s not surprising that as Korean cinema has flourish over the past several years, Chan-wook himself has remained something of a cinephile…
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Film Review: One Piece Film: Red
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Goro Taniguchi Starring Mayumi Tanaka, Kaori Nazuka, Kazuya Nakai, Shuichi Ikeda PG-13 It’s been a long road to get here for One Piece fans. Out of the so-called “Big Three”, One Piece has always been the one that, while having a large cult following in North America, has…
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Film Review: Good Night Oppy
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Ryan White PG When it comes to projects aimed solely to be mostly STEM propaganda aimed at younger audiences, you could honestly not pick a better subject to do it then the Mars rovers. Outside of being one of the more easier to understand concepts about space exploration…
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Film Review: Women Talking
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Sarah Polley Starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Ben Whishaw PG-13 About halfway through Women Talking is when you realize that they still haven’t left the hayloft. This makes sense, of course, as the women of the titular title have an near impossible decision ahead of them.…
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Film Review: Triangle of Sadness
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Ruben Östlund Starring Harris Dickinson, Charlbi Dean, Dolly de Leon, Woody Harrelson R I’ll give Ruben Östlund this, he certainly knows how to be the center of attention in the room at all times. After years and years of being a Cannes darling – including with this film…
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Film Review: Aftersun
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Charlotte Wells Starring Paul Mescal, Frankie Corio, Brooklyn Toulson, Celia Rowlson-Hall R In the back third of Aftersun, Calum and Sophie, our father-daughter duo of leads, take a picture while at a restaurant during their vacation. It’s clearly the late 90s-early 2000s – though the time period is…
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Film Review: Moonage Daydream
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Brett Morgen Starring David Bowie PG-13 The loss of David Bowie in 2016 felt like a monumental, almost towering fall. Regardless of how influential and popular he was, Bowie was, ultimately, the artist to end all artists – a fully immersive, always challenging, and yet widely accessible voice…
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Film Review: Holy Spider
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Ali Abbasi Starring Mehdi Bajestani, Zar Amir Ebrahimi, Arash Ashtiani, Forouzan Jamshidnejad Not Rated It’s hard for me to even properly convey words to describe Holy Spider, as the grim subject matter and heavy material on display here means that a normal review process almost seems insulting to…
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