Down The Rabbit Hole From the modernity of high-concept blockbuster films that have displayed scenes of characters battling their psychological wits against each other on the monochrome board through to Ingmar Bergman’s arthouse feature of the Seventh Seal which is arguably the most notorious example of this board game being shown on …
Ghostly Trickery In looking retrospectively at the many films that resulted into my own upbringing and when these features were specifically released, it’s not hard to fathom that the year of 1999 was a rather impactful year for cinema-going. Indeed, with the likes of The Phantom Menace (the first Star Wars …
Symphonic Warfare In viewing the vast array of films that he’s so effortlessly and boldly directed to audiences that are either thrilled mentally or physically, it’s not hard to fathom that Christopher Nolan is an illusive film-maker that thrives in creating a surrealistic spectacle. From the dexterous narrative formalities of Momento to …
Back To Basics Given that the superhero genre-strain in this day-and-age has blossomed to become the contemporary staple of blockbuster film-making, which has subsequently seen the likes of Marvel and D.C. culminate their own concepts into their own over-arching expanding cinematic universes, its become clearer to notice how each individual …
A Comical Yet Poignant Creature Feature For those who are attuned to the ever-changing environment of the cinematic-industry, it will come to no surprise to perceive and understand that the Cannes Film festival is notorious for audiences and critics alike to bashfully jeer at a film-makers piece of work and …
Wheels Of Fortune: A Stylised Action-Musical That Thrills And Spills As much as it’s a necessity for any film to prioritise on the story-telling credentials and how the structure of the narrative naturally consolidates with the characters quirks and motivations, it can’t be underestimated how much cinematic style can simply …
A Bang Of Comedy And Absurdist Cinema There are only a select few films that can instinctively create more anxiety and tension than the sense of being trapped in a small space. Even if you’re not a claustrophobe, almost everyone can relate to that inner panic or high rigidity that …
Paradise Lost? In viewing a variety of may different filmic franchises that have come and graced the silver screen, one of the most worrisome aspects for cinematic series to oversee is the continuity and fluidity of the context. As much as the directors that come into these popular franchises do …
Prudent For The Sound Of Silence Following on from Hayao Miyzaki’s directorial bow with his film of The Wind Rises in 2013 to the the famed studio’s visualised swan song of Hiromasa Yonebayashi’s When Marnie Was There of last year, it looked as though Japan’s highly praised Studio Ghibli had run it’s creative course. …
Charmingly Spooky It’s always difficult for any film-maker to impose their distinctive filmic aesthetics to a popular genre type which revels in films that essentially implement a formula and other cinematic tropes over and over again. While there are many features within the genre types of horror, and especially superhero …
