By Matthew Riordan Directed by Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan The name ‘Buttercup Bill’ rings with a childlike innocence. In many ways it is the perfect title for Remy Bennett and Emilie Richard-Froozan’s feature-length debut, a […]
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By David Pountain Directed by Jake Mahaffy Venice Film Festival review In the Old Testament’s Book of Job, the consistently devout eponymous man, after suffering a horrendous series of undeserved misfortunes, is forced to accept that the […]
by David Pountain Directed by Roberto Minervini There was once a time where it was hard to find a cinematic vision of the American rural south that wasn’t highly romanticised. These days the challenge is […]
By David Pountain Directed by Natalia Leite Tribeca Film Festival review Bare, the vibrant feature-length debut of Natalia Leite, is a drama that’s refreshingly submissive to the whims of the night. It’s not that the […]
By David Pountain Directed by Damian Marcano Delivered with fierce political anger and passionate humanism, God Loves the Fighter is a cinematic firebomb flung through the window of a governmental institution. With its hallucinogenic colour […]
By Benjamin Brown Directed by Drew Tobia “And remember: the passion for destruction is also a creative passion.â€- Old Anarchist from Slacker. The whole sub-genre of Mumblecore is one now firmly established within cinema. Essentially […]