(Poland / United Kingdom, 2017) 27th October – 2nd November, DCA Ever since Loving Vincent, the first entirely hand-painted feature film in history was announced, it attracted attention for its ambition from art lovers and novices alike. The first entirely hand-painted feature film in history, it is indeed a marvel to behold; it is simply Read More
(USA, 2017) Successfully capitalising on audience nostalgia is a process which Hollywood hasn’t quite perfected yet. Though recent years have seen reboots and remakes of films such as The Magnificent Seven and Robocop, seldom do these attempts at revitalising a past success recapture the hearts of those enraptured by the original. In part, this is Read More
IT, USA, 2017 It’s been twenty-seven years since IT’s predecessor haunted the silver screen: uncanny coincidence, or deliberate marketing ploy for a story about a monster known to resurface every twenty-seven years? Either way, Andy Muschietti’s interpretation of Stephen King’s 1986 horror novel presents a nostalgic reinvention of an iconic cult classic that takes Read More
The film’s opening title scrawls the word “Mother’” across the screen, the “!” added as an afterthought. The script is handwritten, scrappy and artistic, the accompanying sound effect, sharp and abrasive. If such a perfect microcosm ever presented itself so early in another film, I can’t think of it. Aronofsky’s latest film addresses themes that Read More
That is the thing about films. They don’t change. You change. The immutability of the film (or a book or a painting or a piece of music) is something to measure yourself against. That is one of the things a great work of art does. It stays there waiting for you to come back to Read More
(USA, 2017) 31 March- 13 April 2017, DCA Having directed Maleficent, The Jungle Book and Cinderella with relative success in recent years, Bill Condon is well practiced at the adaptation of popular literature. Now, with a star-studded cast and a lavish budget, he turns his attention to a Disney fan-favourite, Beauty and the Beast. Though Read More
(Brazil, 2016) 31st March – 6th April 2017, DCA I went to see Aquarius feeling, at the last minute, a twinge of trepidation. Merely because I, like the protagonist, am a woman named Clara who writes, has been accused of stubbornness, and could definitely see myself being embroiled in some standoff with a construction Read More
(UK, 2017) 24 March – 30 March 2017, DCA “History is written by the victors”, reads the opening title card of Viceroy’s House, signalling the desire to question the accepted narrative of India’s partition in 1947. However, in seeking to expose the emotional reality through a Muslim/Hindu love story, this UK made costume drama remains Read More
(2015 USA) 24th – 27th March 2017, DCA It is rare that coming of age stories are rewarded with such verity as The Fits. Anna Rose Holmer’s debut film weaves a minimal but complex poetic narrative which centres on Toni (Royalty Hightower), a heedful protagonist whose steady, athletic posture amidst the nervous tension of Read More
(UK, 2016) 17th– 23rd February 2017, DCA Prevenge tells the story of a pregnant single woman who, heartbroken over the death of her baby’s father, seeks revenge on those responsible for his death- because her unborn baby tells her to. Obviously, pregnancy can make a woman do some strange things, but blood thirsty revenge is Read More