Film review – The Science of Sleep (2006)
Director Michel Gondry’s collaboration with writer Charlie Kaufman resulted in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a visual tour-de-force and a love story of deep resonance. Now working from his own...
View ArticleFilm review – Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Caden Cotard (Philip Seymour Hoffman), Claire Keen (Michelle Williams) and Sammy Barnathan (Tom Noonan) There aren’t many writers working in film who have achieved the auteur status that is usually...
View ArticleFilms I loved in February 2016
Géza Röhrig as Saul Ausländer in Son of Saul Son of Saul succeeds on every level. It’s an emotionally devastating drama, which sometimes plays out like a thriller, with a precise focus on one character...
View ArticleFilms I loved in August and September 2020
Steven Garza in Boys State In the US documentary Boys State, 17-year-old boys attend a program to form a mock government. It’s an enthralling insight into political processes; the voices of reason...
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