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Tag: thriller

Raindance Film Festival 2020 – Nuclear

One of my most anticipated films for Raindance, Nuclear is the directorial debut by Catherine Linstrum. Co-written with David-John Newman, the film follows Emma, a young woman who witnesses her brother attack her mother in the woods. Together, Emma and her mother escape to a nearby town that sits beside a derelict nuclear plant. Whilst… Read More Raindance Film Festival 2020 – Nuclear

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Parasite (2019)

The most original film to come out of this year’s award season, Bong Joon-ho’s Korean masterpiece Parasite which can only be described as brilliantly bizarre. Since its premiere at Cannes Film Festival, the film world has been abuzz for this film. It subsequently took home the prestigious Palme d’Or beating out Quentin Tarantino’s mainstream favourite Once… Read More Parasite (2019)

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Quentin Tarantino: Film Ranking

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

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Lips of Blood (1975)

I came across this film by chance on BFI player and without knowing anything about it or the director, thought I’d give it a watch (which I rarely do truth be told). Made by horror director Jean Rollin, it follows Frédéric (Jean-Loup Philippe), a 30-something man who is haunted by a childhood memory that is… Read More Lips of Blood (1975)

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Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances

Undoubtedly the man of the moment in the film that has the festival circuit buzzing, Joaquin Phoenix is the frontrunner for awards for his titular performance in Todd Phillips’ origin story Joker. During a film climate that seems dominated by superhero films, Joker seems like it is doing something entirely different by twisting the tone… Read More Top 5 Joaquin Phoenix Performances

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Favourite Films: Inferno (1980)

Dario Argento’s second feature in his Three Mother’s trilogy transport us from the Freiburg set Suspiria (1977) to New York where a young writer, Rose (Irene Miracle), is suspicious of a curse within her building. After reading an antique book titled The Three Mothers, she finds that the apartment block she lives at was once… Read More Favourite Films: Inferno (1980)

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It: Chapter Two (2019)

Set twenty-seven years after the events of the first instalment, It: Chapter Two brings the Loser’s Club back together as they reunite in Derry to defeat It once and for all. Bringing in an ensemble cast led by Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy to play the Losers as adults, It: Chapter Two is just as unexpected as… Read More It: Chapter Two (2019)

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