If someone were to ask me what Wim Wenders’ latest film Perfect Days is about, I would have a hard…
Browsing: review
Marguerite’s Theorem has clear ambitions: it wants to be a feminist film about a strong, brilliant young woman who pursues her dreams and changes the world. However, it feels more like a film about a miserable egomaniac, whose obsessive and irreverent view of the world blinds her to the goodness in other people.
Directed by Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding, despite its crime thriller labelling and the copious amounts of violence, is at its core a love story.
With the ongoing genocide in Palestine, enabled by Israel’s horrific dehumanisation of Palestinians, Gaza Surf Club (2016) is a necessary…
Stories portraying the experiences of women and queer people throughout history are incredibly important, especially in areas where the focus has so far been largely on the exploits of men.
The exquisite Japanese scenery is viewed through a conspicuously French lens: a longing for what was strange and unfamiliar, beautiful and haunting.
It was a comfort and a joy to watch such stunning theatre made by local performers in local venues.
The scepticism aura-ing each character suffuses, never suffocates. Freud’s Last Session, while a grave title, has a feather touch. If this movie marks a revitalisation of Freud as person rather than Freud as stereotype, perhaps it is appropriate that his unearthing requires a little tenderness.
With basslines beating like hot-red veins, Zombie! The Musical will chew you up and spit you out.
While exciting and filled with large performances, the urge to force the dominos to fall causes the show to lose a strong thematic or aesthetic focus. The published synopsis lauds that the play “starts with a bang and races on like a runaway train.” If only it took a moment, especially at the start, to step on the brakes.