When it comes to war, history has shown the only winners are those in power who have taken their nations to warfront. The losers are akways those stuck in the middle, the soldiers and their loved ones. In Francois Ozon’s Frantz (2016) we visit that pain, guilt and grief post World War One, can we… Read More Film Review – Frantz (2016)
Tomorrow maybe a new day, it’s also a new year. 2020 has been a year to forget but last week myself and Theo Neuman and Ben Woodwiss it was one for us to remember. Last weekend the three of us recorded Episode 137 of The Outside Centre Film Podcast, with the 2020 films of the… Read More Listen To The Final 2020 Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode!
If there was ever going to be a filmmaker to chronicle the diversity of human behaviour it’s got to be Roy Andersson. The veteran Swedish filmmaker recently finished his’ Human Trilogy‘ ( Songs From The Second Floor, You The Living and A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence) returns with another slice of… Read More Film Review – About Endlessness (2019)
It’s Podcasting time! Yesterday myself and show host Theo Neumann recorded the latest episode for the Outside Centre Film Podcast. Episode 135 saw both of us travel around the world from Japan to France then over to Iceland. LISTEN TO EPISODE 135 First up was the family drama, My Dad As A Heel Wrestler -Part… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode 135
That time of the month has arrived again! Last week I recorded Episode 131 of Outside Centre Film Podcast. Exploring world cinema with September choices a man in grief in Inceland, A pathetic man stuck in a Slovakian kitchen sink absurdity that wants to be a Greek Tragedy. Finally a tender love story set in… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode 131
How time flies when your having fun and over the weekend we recorded another episode of the Outside Centre Podcast. The world cinema film podcast I monthly guest critic on with host Theo Neumann. This month sees us look at Russian Horror, Kitchen Sink drama, Finnish style and a Latvian war epic … Firstly is… Read More Listen To Outside Centre Film Podcast Episode 129
Corneliu Porumboiu is a big player in the Romanian New Wave Cinema with Police, Adjective (2009) his most well known creation. His films are not known for their commercial friendliness, more deadpan, realism. Eleven years on Porumboiu’s The Whistlers is released and it’s his most accessible film to date. A stylish noir inspired playful thriller.… Read More Film Review – The Whistlers (2019)
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)
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
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)
