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The official poster for Train Dreams [2025] show the film's protagonist, Robert Grainier, played by Joel Edgerton, standing in half the frame, head bowed and in workwear, with an axe over his shoulder. Trees climb from the top of the frame, surrounded by clouds. It's a visual suggestion that this is a film about labour… Continue reading What does Train Dreams say about work, family, and the self?
Beauty standards are a palpable topic for exploring, particularly when they're about women in image-obsessed Hollywood. This is the setting for Coralie Fargeat's The Substance, a satirical and grotesque body horror that serves up its own version of warped feminism. The film focuses on Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore), an ageing TV fitness instructor who was revered… Continue reading Film Review | The Substance
Ben Mullinkosson's The Last Year of Darkness is an intimate and vibrant documentary-exposé on nightlife subculture in Chengdu, China. The title, ostensibly, refers to the film's central nightclub, Funky Town, in which drag artists, DJs and outcasts gather to drink and smoke copiously. The Last Year of Darkness is a celebration of what happens when… Continue reading Film Review | The Last Year of Darkness
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