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Film Review: Robot Dreams
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Pablo Berger Not Rated A story of friendship is, on paper, the surface level idea on display in Robot Dreams, the animation debut of Spanish director Pablo Berger. Told with nary a single line of dialogue, Robot Dreams is immediately charming through simplicity in a way not a…
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Film Review: Anatomy of a Fall
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Justine Triet Starring Sandra Huller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz R A boy returns from a walk with his dog to find his father dead on the ground outside. Blood everywhere. He screams, the mother rushes outside and quickly comforts him. She is distraught and calls…
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Film Review: Last Summer
By Matthew Moorcroft Weak Recommendation Directed by Catherine Breillant Starring Lea Drucker, Olivier Rabourdin, Samuel Kircher, Clotide Courau Not Rated If there is anything Catherine Breillant isn’t known for, it’s restraint. The French filmmaker, who has been in the business long enough to be known as old guard at this point, might not even know…
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Film Review: The Beasts
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by Rodrigo Sorogoyen Starring Denis Menochet, Marina Fois, Luis Zahera, Diego Anido Not Rated A horse to the slaughter is what opens The Beasts. Two brothers wrestle a horse presumably to death, for no other reason then to simply assert dominance. And yet, when we see the horses again,…
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Film Review: Concrete Utopia
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Um Tae-hwa Starring Lee Byung-hun, Park Seo-joon, Park Bo-young, Kim Sun-young Not Rated I find myself at a crossroads with Concrete Utopia. So much disaster media is focused on the actual end rather then the aftermath or the people that are affected by it that I find myself…
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Film Review: The Blue Caftan
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Maryam Touzani Starring Lubna Azabal, Saleh Bakri, Ayoub Missioui, Zakaria Atifi Not Rated You can tell that Halim is closeted pretty early on. The explicit confirmation you do get after the fact is only really there to help confirm it to you, but eagle viewers will pick up…
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Film Review: Lead and Copper
By Matthew Moorcroft Strong Recommendation Directed by William Hart Not Rated Without doxxing my location, I live close to Flint, Michigan, so the water crisis that was unveiled in 2014 and still somewhat transpires to this day is something that hit close to home in more ways then one. Outside of simply being one of…
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Film Review: Monster
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Starring Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama, Soya Kurokawa, Hinata Hiiragi PG-13 Last year, I reviewed the film Broker, a film that I found to be very good if a little undercooked in terms of it’s thematic meat. While Kore-eda is a beloved filmmaker and I don’t doubt…
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Film Review: Evil Does Not Exist
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi Starring Hitoshi Omika, Ryo Nishikawa, Ryuji Kosaka, Ayaka Shibutina Not Rated Once upon a time, there was a village. Evil Does Not Exist takes place in this village, a village that almost seems like it’s from another time period. As the film begins, gazing up at…
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Film Review: Daliland
By Matthew Moorcroft Screw This Directed by Mary Harron Starring Ben Kingsley, Barbara Sukowa, Christopher Briney, Ezra Miller R Watching Daliland is a bizarre experience, something that on paper should frankly be fitting for a movie that is seemingly about Salvador Dali. After all, the man was notoriously one of the weirdest men alive during…
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