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It had everything going for it. And yet, somehow, the movie adaptation of the novel The Mountain Between Us is frustratingly far from a commendable work, even with Golden Globe award winners Kate Winslet and Idris Elba holding it together, and a beautiful mountainous landscape to entice. “Lives will... -
Ana Asensio directs, writes and stars in Most Beautiful Island, a story of an immigrant in New York who is risking delving into the mysterious unknown in order to earn money. Warning: spoilers below… “Leave the audience feeling indifferent to the watching of the film” The film opens with shots... -
Despite not being a horror or even particularly that dark, Top Knot Detective is perfectly named to have begun the last day of the Mayhem film festival. An Australian-Japanese production, the film is an expertly crafted and hilarious entry into the well-tread mockumentary genre. “The show he created was... -
With a stellar cast and a fantastically absurd concept at its heart, The Beauty Inside seems promising. But Baek Jong-yul’s use of romantic clichés, while enjoyable to a degree, leaves you with a bad aftertaste. What could well have been an avant-garde piece of film is played out in... -
Nottingham Film Festival was at its peak a while ago, and I had the honour of popping along and watching one of the movies on show. Bikini Blue was directed by the Polish director Jaroslaw Marszewski and features both Tomasz Kot and Lianne Harvey as the title characters. “The audience... -
On Sunday 8th October, I was given the opportunity to watch the second session of shorts presented by the Nottingham International Film Festival. These shorts presented journeys of self-discovery, reflections on time and relationships, and the tough facts of modern life. While there were some shared themes, each film... -
Natalia Leite’s focus on female exploitation in her second feature film, M.F.A (Master of Fine Arts), comes as no surprise. Her previous work delved deep into themes of self-worth, such as stripping in her documentary series, Every Woman, and her first feature film, Bare, explored sexuality, romance and drugs. Leite’s latest film deals...
