The odd couple is a trope that has been omnipresent in literature for as long as it has existed, and for good reason – even at their most dull, these kinds of stories do prove to be quite compelling, because it allows two contrastive characters to be paired, with hilarity often ensuing as a result…

The best way to start this review is with a bit of a personal anecdote. I visited New York City in 2017, and one of the destinations I was determined to go to was the Museum of Modern Art, the home to the works of many artists I have admired for years. Several of my…

Cinema has always been the breeding ground for fascinating and controversial stories on a number of occasions, and one area that has been of profound interest to me is that of Neo-Nazism – of course, this is more a historical fascination, but it has always been an area that has given us some tremendous films…

Nostalgia is a powerful drug, and the entertainment industry seems to be addicted. In recent years, we’ve seen the trend where artists attempt to emulate the past in order to stir up memories and create a sense of warmth and familiarity. Some of these works turn out to be lifeless and uninspired when the nostalgia…

A working-class young man who makes a living doing odd jobs for a variety of people in order to compensate for his father’s impending imprisonment, a woman from his past forcing herself into his future in her own search for a deeper meaning, and a mysterious man she meets on her travels with a sinister…

Jerry (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Jeanette Brinson (Carey Mulligan), along with their son Joe (Ed Oxenbould) are the quintessential 1960s suburban family – he works a menial but solid job, she is a dedicated housewife and mother, and their son is a hard-working student with wide ambitions. They are a nomadic family, constantly moving, a result…

Beautiful Boy is not a good film. It is not a comfortable film, nor is it particularly pleasant. It is often extremely heavy-handed and in many instances, it may be dour enough to qualify as being the most miserable film of the year. However, Beautiful Boy is still an extraordinary film simply on its premise,…

After seeing Roma, I sat in stunned silence. My heart was pounding, and the tears were welling up as if they hadn’t been flowing freely throughout the previous two hours. I wasn’t sure of what I had just experienced, but I knew that it was something that made my heart swell in ways films rarely…

“It is not about the destination, it is about the journey” – we’ve all heard this old adage, or something similar, at some point. It may be taut and often used to justify self-important metaphysical meanderings, but it does hold some portion of truthfulness. It is also very relevant to the subject of this review,…

After watching We the Animals, I sat in awed silence, unable to move for a considerable amount of time. My chest was heavy, and I was at a complete loss for words – the preceding ninety minutes had contained to be some of the most exhilarating filmmaking I have seen this year. There aren’t too…