Reviews
I Can Quit Whenever I Want
The film probes European society’s new strata of over-educated, under-employed as it amusingly steps through the get-rich-quick solution du jour.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
With nothing more to develop in old protagonists and little flesh given to new figures, hostility and misogyny become the…
Wish I Was Here
A description that proved true of Garden State now matches Wish I Was Here, with Braff ostensibly remaking his own…
Gasland Part II
Gasland Part II tells the latest part of the fracking tale, showing both how much and how little has changed…
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Turtle power seems a long forgotten concept; here, there is bland appropriation narratively, emotionally and aesthetically.
DamNation
Ben Knight traverses the history of humanity’s attempts to enforce order on a free-flowing resource.
Finding Vivian Maier
Maloof maintains a level of mystery which he slowly reveals like an armchair treasure hunt, riveting but without judgement.
The Giver
If the premise of The Giver sounds familiar, that’s because similar elements have proliferated in youth-oriented efforts of late.
Housebound
Housebound mines the humour of domesticity to craft a frightfully fun and funny romp.
Night Moves
Night Moves is an exquisitely tense, slow-burning thriller that doesn't quite succeed as the moralistic study it tries to be.