Harry Moseby (Gene Hackman) is a private detective operating out of Los Angeles. He is a fiercely independent investigator, choosing to work by himself rather than choosing to get a job at an agency, even though he is frequently pursued to lend his services to the “information factories” as he calls them. His latest case…
Author: The Postmodern Pelican
The Lion King (2019)
Over the past few months, since the influx of promotion has started to arrive, it has become quite chic to deride the live-action remake of The Lion King – and for good reason. The original film is perhaps the greatest work to come from Walt Disney Studios, and it is undoubtedly their most beloved film,…
Dirty God (2019)
Jade (Vicky Knight) is a young woman who has just been released from hospital after a vicious attack, whereby a disgruntled ex-lover thought it would be perfectly acceptable to throw acid in her face, leaving her permanently scarred. Now reentering society, Jade finds it even more difficult to assimilate back into her normal life, because…
Mirror (1975)
The great filmmaker and amateur stand-up comedian Ingmar Bergman once said of a particular director “[Andrei] Tarkovsky is the greatest of them all” – and while these are certainly enormous words coming from a director who is one of the very few that can legitimately make claim to being amongst the greatest cinematic artists of…
A Boy and His Dog (1975)
A Boy and His Dog had all the qualities a film needs to make it a masterpiece – it has an audacious concept, a funny storyline and effective approach to the execution of its many ideas. Yet, somehow it just isn’t good as it should be, and while it is far from a disaster, it…
Overlord (1975)
Tom (Brian Stirner) is a young man who is soon set to leave his comfortable suburban home in Britain and head for the battlefields of the Second World War, where he will be serving alongside his fellow countrymen and Allies in the battle for victory against the Axis forces. Tom is a creative young man…
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Hell hath no fury like a woman bored. From the first moment of Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, Chantal Akerman takes us on a fascinating journey into the depths of the human condition, where we are presented with the story of an ordinary woman going about her average life and not much…
To Dust (2019)
Schmuel (Géza Röhrig) has recently lost his beloved wife to cancer. The well-liked cantor and father of two finds his world thrown into disarray with this tragic incident, and as a result, he recedes from public view, becoming a shadow of his former self, constantly burdened with nightmares and dark thoughts about his late wife,…
Shadow (2019)
Shadow (Chinese: 影 or Yǐng) is an astonishing achievement. Zhang Yimou has established himself as perhaps China’s most important filmmaker, at least from the perspective of the worldwide resonance of his films. This film, in particular, sees the master returning to form, creating a film that will undoubtedly exist alongside his towering masterpieces such as…
Giant Little Ones (2019)
Franky (Josh Wiggins) lives a pretty happy life. He has a loving family, is extremely popular at school, has many girls fighting for his affection and most importantly, has a solid friendship with Ballas (Darren Mann), who has been at his side since they were children. However, below the surface, there is something deeper troubling…
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