Looking through the many options on Netflix, I stumbled across this 2017 indie that I have been meaning to watch but never got around to. Matt Spicer’s film stars Aubrey Plaza as the titular Ingrid Thorburn, an Instagram stalker who becomes besotted with an LA based influencer, Taylor Sloane (Elizabeth Olsen), and moves to be… Read More Ingrid Goes West (2017)
One of the big ones to come out of Studio Ghibli and with good reason, Spirited Away follows protagonist Chihiro who finds herself in the spirit world where her parents have been turned into pigs. Chihiro must work under the ruthless Yubaba in a bathhouse for spirits where she is forced to take care of… Read More Spirited Away (2001)
A hot contender for the upcoming awards season, Martin Scorsese’s latest brings together a classic Scorsese film that boasts an epic cast, epic direction and an epic time length of 209 minutes. Despite its long running length, this is a film that demands attention throughout due to its numerous plots and characters that cross and… Read More The Irishman (2019)
Working my way back through each Best Picture winner and ranking them was always going to be a difficult task but even I wasn’t expecting it to be this challenging. For this post, I will be looking at films from the 2000s. It was during this decade that I started to pay close attention to… Read More Academy Award Best Picture Ranking: the 2000s
If you asked a group of people for their favourite living filmmaker, there is a strong chance that a large percentage of them will say the name: Quentin Tarantino. One of the greatest and most original minds to come out of the film industry in the history of film, Tarantino practically defined 90s cinema with… Read More Quentin Tarantino: Film Ranking
Paul Thomas Anderson is known for his experimental and fearless quest into exploring characters in ways that are unflinching and at times, uncomfortable. He isn’t afraid to delve into the psyche of a character and make them unlikeable. In fact, Anderson tends to thrive on the flaws of a character for example Daniel Plainview in… Read More Paul Thomas Anderson: Film Ranking
This technicolour wonderland is one of the best (if not the best!) film in the history of British cinema. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, It’s become known as a masterpiece and is constantly an inspiration for many artists alike and with good reason. Following Victoria Page (Moira Shearer), a ballerina who joins a… Read More Favourite Films: The Red Shoes (1948)
