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The Little Stranger Review: This Old Spooky House

Deirdre Crimmins — Thu, 06 Sep 2018 15:00:13 +0000

It has come to be a cliché to say that a building, such as a house, is a character within a film. However, in a haunted Gothic horror like The Little Stranger, the possibility of the house acting of its own accord is a big part of what makes the movie so great. The house...

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‘Red Sparrow’ Review: Bird-Brained Sleaze

Philip Brown — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 20:00:44 +0000

The big problem with the soon-to-be-forgotten ‘Red Sparrow’ is that it can never quite decide what movie it wants to be. Is this the blockbustery spy romp and Black Widow knockoff like the trailers suggest? Or is it a dark and twisted exploration of the ugly side of espionage and the horrors of getting entwined...

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‘The Sense of an Ending’ Review: Melancholic Memory

Philip Brown — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 16:00:46 +0000

There’s something amusing about the fact that ‘The Sense of an Ending’ and ‘T2 Trainspotting’ are being released the same week. Both are British movies about aging and selective memory, but one is thrillingly cinematic and full of surprises while the other is tediously melancholic and predictable. Guess which one is the latter. (Hint: Not...

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’45 Years’ Review: Subtle Devastation

Philip Brown — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 18:00:34 +0000

Though the two central characters barely even raise their voices, ’45 Years’ is one of the most devastating depictions of the collapse of a relationship in recent memory. Taken from a short story with an ingenious hook, the story was then expanded with a delicate sense of human observation by writer/director Andrew Haigh (‘Weekend‘) and...

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‘The Forbidden Room’ Review: Maddin 2k15

Philip Brown — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 19:00:45 +0000

Gently insane and supremely talented Winnipeg filmmaker Guy Maddin has never exactly been known for the clarity or simplicity of his movies. But even by his strange standards, ‘The Forbidden Room’ might be his wildest movie to date. If nothing else, it’s likely his funniest. This intoxicating combination of twisted interludes almost plays like some...

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