Helmed by the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker Alex Gibney, The Armstrong Lie appears to be the last chapter in Lance Armstrong’s tumultuous career. Supplementing his hugely controversial and surprisingly unsurprising admission of drug use on the Oprah Winfrey show in January ... Read More »
With a title that alludes to the spelling of a certain profane expletive, See You Next Tuesday is the modern Juno of reality. Laced with uncomfortable scenes and unpleasant storylines, Drew Tobia’s scriptural and directorial offering doesn’t shy away from the ugly truth of teen p... Read More »
The Bounceback, helmed by Bryan Polser (Dear Pillow, Lovers of Hate) is an attempted antithesis of the Hollywood Rom-Com that, in its futile efforts to be liberatingly and sexually fearless, ends up a crude and forgettable pile of messy storylines and dirty quips. As open-minded ... Read More »
Having tackled one literary legend in his directorial debut Coriolanus, Ralph Fiennes takes on the equally renowned novelist Charles Dickens in his adaptation of Claire Tomalin’s book of the same name. Once again balancing the difficult responsibilities behind and in front of the... Read More »
Inspired by Joyce Maynard’s novel of the same name, Labor Day is Jason Reitman’s latest cinematic offering starring Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin and the rising new talent, Gattlin Griffith. Reitman embarks on a new voyage into the realm of sweeping love stories in Labor Day, a film ... Read More »
11.6 is a film of many great qualities: the screenplay is sharply written and to the point, the performance of the lead actor is satisfyingly entertaining and the direction is precise and in complement with the gloomy tone of the film. However, these commendable aspects never qui... Read More »
Ari Folman’s mind-bending Congress, loosely based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem, is nothing if not a downright challenge to watch. Attempting to follow and comprehend its sporadic and ever changing narrative is the film’s largest flaw and greatest merit; although it is a palpably d... Read More »
Based on Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s novel of the same name, Half of a Yellow Sun is the debut of writer-director Biyi Bandele and, for a first full-length feature, is a truly impressive feat. However, in the grand scope of great filmmaking, Half of a Yellow Sun fails to compare. ... Read More »
Helmed by Rick Rosenthal, Drones had its world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival 2013, categorized under ‘Thrill’, although the film wouldn’t look out of place under ‘Debate’ due to its controversial subject matter and the ethical implications that the film entails. Drones... Read More »
Having received its world premiere at the London Film Festival, B For Boy is the first full-length feature of Chika Anadu, a director intent on bringing to light the discriminations faced by females in contemporary Nigeria. B For Boy is the exploration of a woman’s desperate atte... Read More »
Helmed by a relatively unknown Adam Wimpenny, Blackwood received its world premiere at the London Film Festival 2013 as part of the ‘cult’ collection of films also screening at the festival. Described as “reinventing the English ghost story” by the British Film Institute, Blackwo... Read More »
Hide Your Smiling Faces is the surprising debut from Daniel Patrick Carbone, whose only other directorial and scriptural credit is for the 2008 short, Feral. Nonetheless, Carbone’s lack of experience behind the camera doesn’t hinder him in his first full-length feature, crafting ... Read More »
