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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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Film Review: The Apprentice
By Matthew Moorcroft Solid Recommendation Directed by Ali Abbasi Starring Sebastian Stan, Jeremy Strong, Maria Bakalova, Martin Donovan R Honestly, in the wake of the 2024 US elections, The Apprentice is a film that seems more and more less like a warning or an omen and more like a solemn realization. You would think that…
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Film Review: Anora
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Sean Baker Starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian R Anora (or Ani, as everybody calls her) is a sex worker. A stripper specifically, though she isn’t opposed to some “side gigs” so to speak if it helps pays the bills. In one of the most…
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Film Review: Solo Leveling: ReAwakening
By Matthew Moorcroft Unsure Directed by Shunsuke Nakashige Starring Taito Ban, Genta Nakamura, Haruna Mikawa, Reina Ueda Not Rated There is a moment in Solo Leveling‘s first season that makes it pretty clear what it’s intentions are off the bat, and it’s exceptionally early. When our lead, Sung Jin-woo (Shun Mizushino in Japanese), heads to…
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Film Review: The Substance
By Matthew Moorcroft Highest Recommendation Directed by Coralie Fargeat Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, Christian Erickson R Immediately after walking out of The Substance for the first time with my large crowd of festival goers, it felt like I was walking out of a concert. Adrenaline pumping, blood racing. I rush home to…
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