https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZeVSdKtQVY Eye in the Sky, directed by Gavin Hood, was released in early May this year, featuring both relatively unheard of actors and revered veterans of the acting world, such as Helen Mirren and the late Alan Rickman. Both are very versatile actors having starred in a number of genres ranging from serious roles to downright eccentric Read More
On show from the MFA Art, Society & Publics course this year are works displaying a great variety of artistic thought and skill, fostered by a course that encourages investigation, research and personal artistic freedom. Inspired by films of Mike Leigh and John Cassavetes, the video works presented by artist Julian Joseph are far from Read More
This was another great chance to see the work of some of the artists involved in the Oscillations project earlier in the year. On Floor 6 of the Crawford Building were Chris Gerrard, Sumit Mondal, Ginny Elston, Amanda Adam, Sharon Mottram and Patricia Ramaer, along with visiting artist Alex Peterson from the University of Minnesota. Read More
Duncan of Jordanstone’s MSc Animation & VFX course has a reputation for producing artists of exceptional skill and talent, and, after a team of graduates scored themselves a BAFTA last year, expectations for the course’s output are high. Occupying the Animation corridor in the art college’s Crawford Building, the MSc Animation and VFX display is Read More
It is perhaps fitting that Knight of Cups’ structure revolves around a set of tarot cards; vague, universal statements that seem to fit everyone’s personal experiences are writer-director Terrence Malick’s stock in trade. Malick has made a career of producing “philosophical” films that feature extended shots of beautiful landscapes shrouded in whispered poetic dialogue. As Read More
Demolition comes from Canadian film-maker Jean-Marc Valée (Dallas Buyers Club) and explores the grievance and mental collapse of Davis Mitchel (Gyllenhaal), after he and his wife are in a car crash in which she dies and he escapes unscathed. The film becomes somewhat reminiscent of Donnie Darko crossed with Fight Club, birthing a beautifully original Read More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ–nvVHJzk A little bit more (Un poco más) is what this reviewer wanted to see of Rigoberto Perezcano’s second feature film, the melancholic thriller Carmin Tropical. The Mexican director, native to Zaachila, Oaxaca, leaves the audience craving exactly that, un poco más, a song which also serves as the soundtrack to the film. Set in Juchitán, a Read More
Don Cheadle, most known for his role in Hotel Rwanda and more recently as Rhode/War Machine in the Iron Man and Avengers films, makes a stunning directorial debut in this biopic about one of the most talented and controversial musicians in music history – Miles Davis. Cheadle approaches this film with admirable ambition, creating a Read More
A strong female role at the helm of a Western? I’m all in. Jane Got a Gun is the most recent film from the genre to burst onto the big screen and, with most audiences having a love/hate relationship with Westerns (if you hadn’t guessed, I am absolutely the former), it was unsurprising to see Read More
A film of incredible power and emotion, Dheepan is director Jacques Audiard’s stunning take on the plight of three Sri Lankan refugees, forced to flee their country’s civil war and impersonate a family unit in order to ensure their survival. Dheepan (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) secures his own deportation to France, together with fellow refugees Yalini (Kalieaswari Read More