January 2020 – Starting the year with a bang!
The best of January films, tv shows, theatre productions, albums, and books to suit all tastes FILM To start the…
Worst film of the decade: The Emoji Movie – 👎💩
Those two emojis perfectly encapsulate my feelings towards this film. It’s an epic adventure that follows a smartphone trying to…
Rafiki – Love in a hopeless place ★★★
“[You mean] the whole church was watching me and what I was doing?” “Yes.” This exchange from Rafiki encompasses the…
The Beaver Reviews: Joker
Reviews by Zehra Jafree and Amber Iglesias – Review Editors, and Sadia Sheeraz – Contributing Writer When a film is…
Goldstone – an Australian political punch ★★★★★
By Francesca Liberatore Vaselli Somewhere between a Western, a noir, and crime film, Goldstone occupies an undefined space among traditional…
Judy – Zellweger soars over the rainbow ★★★
“I just want what everyone else wants,” an ageing Judy Garland croaks to a BBC interviewer in the winter of…
“The Golden Glove” – a slimy slap in the face
The feeling of drowning in pig shit whilst simultaneously being set on fire is a sensation known to few. But…
“Light of My Life” – Affleck makes the familiar feel exciting
Light of My Life confidently conjures the common dystopian traits of emotional interdependence and high-stakes responsibility to make Casey Affleck’s…
“Sauvage”: The Humanity of Urban Animals
With his charismatic and resilient performance, Félix Mauritaud proves to be perfect casting in this documentary-style study of gay prostitution…
“The Mule” – An elderly Clint Eastwood carries this tale of regret and redemption
Much like Clint Eastwood’s directing career, the script of his thirty-seventh film, The Mule, takes delightfully unexpected turns. Every time…
