Adapted from Hans Fallada’s highly acclaimed 1947 novel, Alone In Berlin is a story based on real life events which took place in Berlin at the heights on Nazi rule. Staring Emma Thompson and Brendan Gleeson, the film delves into one of Europe’s darkest hours and addresses the everyday acts of quiet resistances by ordinary German citizens during that time. Alone In Berlin not only tells an important story about…
Read MoreBerlin Syndrome
Review by Linda Marric Perhaps the first thing you notice about Berlin Syndrome is its eery familiarity and deeply disturbing claustrophobic style. Cate Shortland, Director of the brilliantly received Somersault, returns with a visually beautiful yet thematically weak offering which some might find disappointing while others will warm to regardless. Dealing with very sensitive themes relating to violence, captivity and psychological intrigue, the film was adapted by Shaun Grant…
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Adapted from Austin Wright 1993 novel Tony and Susan, Nocturnal Animals marks the return of Tom Ford in his directorial guise after a seven year absence. Ford’s second foray into directing sees him taking on an oeuvre which at times seems almost unfilmable. The film is a dense piece with a triple stranded narrative, which owes as much to Hitchcock as it does to the 1950s melodramas of Douglas Sirk. It is…
Read MoreTV Review: The OA
Review by Stuart Houghton A NetFlix Original series about a mysterious girl who arrives in the lives of some small town kids, seemingly in possession of strange powers and on the run from a mad scientist? Did Stranger Things prove so popular that NetFlix is now churning out identical shows in the hope that nobody will notice? The OA, which sidled onto the on-demand service’s December schedule with almost no preceding hype,…
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