At the perfect intersection between film noir and melodrama exists a film that has somehow come to be definitive of both of them, and perhaps even more, of an entire era of filmmaking in general. Leave Her to Heaven is a strange case of a film – directed by John M. Stahl, one of the…

Somewhere in the picturesque region of Lake Como stands an impressive mansion, to which art critic and writer James Figueras (Claes Bang) has been summoned to meet with the rambunctious Joseph Cassidy (Sir Mick Jagger), a world-renowned art dealer and collector who has a reputation for wanting only the finest works in his expansive collection….

“The train is about to leave” Something that is both a blessing and curse when looking at art produced by groups that are sorely under-represented in the media is that the canon from which we draw the most significant works is much smaller, so it’s easier to find the masterpieces without having to sift through…

Marla Grayson (Rosamund Pike) has certainly built quite an empire for herself, and amassed a level of comfortable wealth of which many would normally be nothing but envious. However, her procedure for reaching this point are far from conventional, since she is in a line of work that allows her the freedom to secretly assert…

A tall, gangling man, sporting a wide-brimmed hat and the words “love” and “hate” scrawled on his knuckles – these are iconic images imprinted into the minds of any film lover, or even those who have just casually taken journeys into the world of the Golden Age of Hollywood, of which these are some incredibly…

Tennessee Williams truly redefined the concept of having an old friend for dinner with Suddenly, Last Summer. A playwright who captured both the gritty nuances of the human condition, as well as the bold and absurd excess of our behaviour, Williams tapped into a side of life that has yet to be matched by any…

Claude Chabrol may be known for a great number of different films, but the one that is both the most cherished by his devotees, and serves to be the entry point for newcomers looking to get into the director’s work is La Cérémonie, his fascinating film that draws inspiration from several literary and historical sources,…

“Based on a true story…unfortunately” These words greet us at the outset of Curveball, an exceptional German drama that dives deep into a discussion on the roots of one of the most harrowing episodes in modern history, the Iraq War. The boundaries between truth and fantasy are provoked quite heavily throughout this film, which proves…

What’s better than going on a weekend getaway to a remote forest in the middle of nowhere with your best friend? Probably the fact that neither of you is particularly fond of the other, and will spend most of the time engaging in games of psychological warfare, deconstructing the hopes and insecurities of the person…

“The perfect murder is the one where the victim did it” For all his idiosyncrasies, we can never accuse Rainer Werner Fassbinder for being unoriginal, as evident by many of his most unique and often divisive works. His only English-language film stands as one of his most interesting achievements – and in it, he’s working…