(UK/France, 2016) 28th Oct – 10th Nov, DCA Ken Loach’s new film I, Daniel Blake has been repeatedly compared to his 1966 work Cathy Come Home. Cathy aired on the BBC and managed to completely transform the public perception of homelessness, even leading to the founding of the charity Shelter. Does I, Daniel Blake have Read More
(UK, 2016) 31st October – 3rd November, DCA Originally aired on BBC 4 in 2015 to mark the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, Mark Cousins’ Atomic: Living in Dread and Promise is now touring small cinemas across the UK. Cousins, perhaps best known for his ambitious fifteen-hour long project The Story of Film: Read More
(USA, 2016) 14th – 27th October, DCA Tate Taylor’s The Girl on the Train, adapted from Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel of the same name, recounts the story of alcoholic Rachel (Emily Blunt) who has been left traumatized by her recent divorce and her inability to have a child. Every day she gets on a train. Read More
(New Zealand, 2016) 16th – 29th September, DCA Taika Waititi’s hilarious yet heart-warming comedy Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a delightful tale of whimsical fun, told through the eyes of our thirteen-year-old hero Ricky Baker (Julian Dennison) and his ever-irritable, highly irregular foster carer, Hec (Sam Neil). After a number of previously unsuccessful attempts, Read More
Sam Gonçalves DJCAD Masters Show, 2016 At our current juncture in the history of Dundee, we would seem to be on the cusp of something special with the V&A museum, which has already precipitated a wash of investment and improvement to the waterfront. Sam Gonçalves’ film is a timely investigation into the longevity, and afterlife, Read More
(USA, 2016) 19th August – 25th August, DCA David Ayer, director of Training Day and Fury, makes his debut in the DC Comics cinematic universe with the anarchic and crazed Suicide Squad, derived from the fairly recent comic (1987) of the same name by John Ostrander which drew great acclaim and success. Suicide Squad consists Read More
(USA, 2016) 15th -17th September, DCA As I walked into the cinema, the first thing that struck me was the wide range of ages that were present, all eagerly waiting to see the new Beatles documentary. Even after fifty years, four working-class lads from Liverpool prove just as important and have retained the ability Read More
(Japan, 2004) 3rd July 2016, DCA Hayao Miyazaki once again produced greatness in 2004 with Howl’s Moving Castle, following on from his previous successes My Neighbour Totoro and Spirited Away. Taking inspiration from Diana Wynne Jones’ eponymous novel of 1986, Miyazaki tells yet another tale of an unlikely hero; when young, hard-working Sophie has a Read More
(Japan, 2001) June 26th, DCA Studio Ghbili’s timeless animated classic Spirited Away returns to the big screen for the one-off, week-long event “Studio Ghibli Forever”, celebrating the release of the studio’s (supposed) last film, When Marnie Was There. Spirited Away tells the tale of a young girl named Chihiro (Rumi Hiiragi) who, whilst exploring her Read More
Woody Allen’s yearly addiction to making films continues. As anyone who follows Allen’s work knows, its quality has been steadily dropping as the years pass. Since the millennium there have been only a few gems hidden amongst a sea of mediocre, dull or downright bad movies. How does Café Society stack up against expectations, then? Read More