Whenever the subject of John Carpenter comes up, there is undoubtedly going to be someone who proposes that he is the greatest filmmaker of his generation, which they think is a controversial opinion when, in reality, it is one that many can find some value in, even if perhaps not to the extent of resorting…
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Infinity Baby (2017)
As the great Lana Del Rey once said, we are born to die – and while she may have had more philosophical reasons for such a bold statement, it does point to the reality that we essentially begin the process of making our way towards our inevitable demise the moment we are born, a bleak…
Erupcja (2026)
Love is a contradiction. Despite being a universal experience if we consider the various kinds of love – romantic, familial, platonic and everything else in between – it is still often very difficult to define precisely. This hasn’t stopped countless individuals in every conceivable field of study from trying their best to understand what it…
The Comedy Man (1964)
There is nothing quite as disheartening as putting your heart and soul into your chosen vocation, and discovering that it is not intended to be your permanent career. This is particularly prevalent in the world of the arts – some people have a brief burst of success but find themselves fading faster than they rose,…
Paper Tiger (2026)
Certain filmmakers immediately become major successes, viewed as the defining voice of their generation. Others take a bit longer to reach the levels of acclaim and appreciation that their talents deserve. James Gray has always felt like he occupies the latter category, and whether it’s because his films tend to be thornier, more complex character…
The Get Out (2026)
Sometimes, you just need to find a way to filter out the anger. This is the premise that Derrick Borte chooses as the starting point for The Get Out (otherwise known as Bear Country in some markets), an adaptation of the novel Strip by Thomas Perry, in which we are introduced to Manco Kapak, an…
Seize Them! (2024)
There is a bizarre tendency to view history as dull and uninteresting, which is very likely a remnant of the fact that many associate the past with the sanitised, overly-neatened version we received in school, where the thornier and more exciting details were deliberately elided, mainly to shield impressionable minds from the sordid activities and…
Pressure (2026)
Hollywood has always been very predictable, and it’s often amusing to spend time spotting the patterns and trends at any given point. In the last couple of decades, there’s been a rise in war films that choose an ambiguous word or two as its title, and present us with what appears to be a thrilling…
The Newton Boys (1998)
Richard Linklater has undergone quite a journey over the decades, rising from obscurity in the early 1990s with some of the most inventive films of the period, and becoming one of the most established directors currently working, an artist known to be both versatile and endlessly ambitious, and someone who could as easily make a…
Power Ballad (2026)
There aren’t many forms of entertainment that unite the world quite like music, which is often considered one of the key universal languages, something that connects us under a shared humanity. Regardless of era, genre or language, there’s something magical about sharing a moment with another person, bonding over a mutual affection for a piece…
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