Tribeca 2023
Deep Sea, Tian Xiao Peng’s follow-up to 2015’s Monkey King: Hero is Back, continues China’s impressive ventures with animation. Awash with dazzling 3D animation in the style of abstract and classical Chinese art, the movie marks a milestone in Chinese cinema - their animation is here to stay and ready to challenge the established studios at the top of the genre. Now, impressive animation is one thing, but without a strong narrative behind it, it can only help…
Tribeca 2023
From debutant feature director Shane Atkinson comes LaRoy - a flamboyantly titled film about an old Texan town, or more importantly, the odd events that are happening within it. In this black comedy crime flick, Ray (Magaro) discovers his wife has cheated on him, and, feeling as though his life is falling apart around him, decides he will commit suicide. However, his plans are thwarted at the last moment when he is mistaken for a hitman and finds…
“I think it’s the falling snow that sets the killer off.”
Snigger. It’s a daft line.
Six years after the very good Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson returns with the big screen adaptation of Jo Nesbø’s The Snowman novel. One of eleven novels, the story follows detective Harry Hole (also…snigger) as he investigates various murders in Norway, all connected by a chilling (geddit?) calling card – a snowman.
The main crime is that The Snowman got greenlit for release.…
Compelling, rich and deep.
That’s just Colin Farrell’s beard.
Reuniting after The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos and Farrell deliver another strange blast of arty bizarreness with The Killing of a Sacred Deer – a movie that features no deer. Blending in themes of revenge, Ancient Greek mythology, fate and morality (for a few examples), the movie takes you on a strange trip and leaves you feeling strangely numb afterwards.
It’s a deliciously weird movie. But also a pretty solid one too.…
