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Film Review: Sentimental Value
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Joachim Trier Starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Elle Fanning R Families are complicated. The latest from Joachim Trier, fresh off of international acclaim with the absolutely sublime The Worst Person in the World, directly confronts those complicated families with the level of panache and attunement…
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Film Review: No Other Choice
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Park Chan-wook Starring Lee Byung-hun, Son Ye-jin, Park Hee-soon, Lee Sung-min Not Rated Wired like the best built moustraps just waiting to ensnare you in it’s grasp, No Other Choice is maybe the most Park Chan-wook movie ever made in a long line of Park Chan-wook films. With…
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Film Review: Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara Starring Kikunosuke Toya, Reina Ueda, Fairouz Ai, Tomori Kusunoki R There is a moment early on in Reze Arc, the feature length sequel to one of the most popular anime of the past decade, where our lead Denji – fresh off his defeat of one of…
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Film Review: Frankenstein
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Guillermo del Toro Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Christoph Waltz R At this point, it’s easy to call every single Guillermo del Toro film a passion project. If there is one thing consistent about him as a filmmaker, it’s that his personal interests and what kinds…
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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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