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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
Monster is a dense and complex drama by Hirokazu Kore-eda that serves to explore contemporary Japan through the eyes of a mother, her son, and the boy's teacher in an entwined triptych. The film opens with a burning building in the centre of town, lighting up the dead of night. Whilst people take notice and observe,… Continue reading Film Review | Monster
Perfect Days is a film about the beautiful everyday, captured precisely and artfully by veteran director Wim Wenders. Kōji Yakusho stars as Hirayama, a middle-aged janitor in Tokyo. He lives in a tiny apartment furnished with little other than his bed, some plants, and rows of books and cassette tapes of 70s and 80s rock. Every morning,… Continue reading Film Review | Perfect Days
A sad and thought-provoking film about loneliness and non-acceptance. All of Us Strangers is, in essence, a portrait of a man (Adam, played by Andrew Scott) who has moved to London from the suburbs, and in so doing has left his family and known life behind. The narrative is bolstered by two main themes; the protagonist’s loneliness spurring… Continue reading Film Review | All of Us Strangers
Saltburn could have been great. It's a film about an Oxford University student (Barry Keoghan) who befriends an upper class, wealthy fellow student (Jacob Elordi) and is invited to stay at his family's huge county house, Saltburn. A fine premise for a dark comedy-cum-psychological thriller, and the leads play their parts very well. Elordi is suitably… Continue reading Film Review | Saltburn
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