Parent child relationship movies are no stranger to the big or small screen. Rarely do we see films focusing on the mother daughter relationships. Alice Winocour‘s Proxima delivers a rare onscreen moment, to share that love and struggle. Eva Green gives an gilt edged performance of a French astronaut in training attempting balance aspirations with… Read More Film Review – Proxima (2020)
Life is just like one big lottery, no one knows what each day will brings. We approach every day with a level of contentment hoping a little bit of luck will shine us. Bang it hits you with an unexpected curveball, like the classic Frank Sinatra song ‘That’s Life‘, we adapt and hope for the… Read More Film Review – Vivarium (2019)
The well used saying “never judge a book by it’s cover” is probably the greatest used saying in so many situations including people. In our daily lives we’re sometimes too quick to judge people, thinking we know everything about them from one action or what they said. Mental Health is an invisible illness that’s on… Read More Film Review – Lost Transmissions (2019)
Earlier this month I recorded my July episode of the Outside Centre World Cinema Podcast. On episode 127 myself and podcast host Theo Neumann have a chat about 3 films from Finland, Italy and ending in Romania. Which of the three did we like and which ones we didn’t? Did we love or hate them… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Podcast Episode 127
It’s sad, frustrating there’s many people who call themselves film fans who rarely watch films outside what we call mainstream cinema. They don’t realise the fountain of wonderful films like Jim Cummings‘s Thunder Road waiting for your viewing pleasure. Any wannabe filmmaker hestitating to what steps to take to kick-off their career should take note… Read More Film Review – Thunder Road (2018)
Japanese Filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda is what you would call an expert at painting the portrait of family life, intimate even social commentary much like the way Bong Joon-Ho does it. For Kore-eda’s latest film it’s another first for him, his first Non-Japanese language film, The Truth (La vérité). The family dynamics are explored through a… Read More Film Review – The Truth (La vérité , 2019)
Slightly later than planned, finally recorded recorded Episode 125 Outside Centre film Podcast. As you’ll I’m a monthly guest on this podcast as myself and Podcast host Theo Neuman review 3 films from around the world. This month’s 3 picks come from around Poland and Lithuania which premiered at Glasgow Film Festival. The other film… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Podcast Episode 125
Joe Begos is one of the filmmakers who proudly wears his influences on his sleeve. His couple of films (Almost Human, The Mind’s Eye) where like love letters to the genre films he grew up with. Inspired by the likes of David Cronenberg‘s Scanners, First Blood, Death Wish, even Brian DePalma films.Critically the response for… Read More Film Review – Bliss (2019)
Yesterday Sunday 17th May, was my time for recording my monthly appearance on the Outside Centre Film Podcast.The long running film Podcast hosted by Theo Neumann and both of us reviewed 3 films. From Brazil to Chile then over to Asian and Japan, listen now… From Rotterdam earlier on this year we start off with… Read More Listen To The Outside Centre Episode 123
Neasa Hardiman‘s eco-horror chiller Sea Fever is the directorial debut feature for Bafta wining writer/director, who brought us the likes of Marvel’s Jessica Jones and Inhumans. A gripping creature feature terrifyingly resonates with the battle humanity finds itself in with a certain pandemic. Starring Hermione Corfield as Siobhan , a marine biology student. When we… Read More Film Review – Sea Fever (2019)
