Hirokazu Koreeda is one seriously prolific cinematic voice! Maybe not when compared to some of his contemporaries like Takashi Miike or Sion Sono who tend to make 3 to 6 films every single year with often very mixed results. Kore-eda has made a film a year for the past 5
No great hero would reach acclaim without the challenges set by a menacing, fear-inducing villain. Whether it’s Javier Bardem’s Anton Chigurh in No Country for Old Men or Meryl Streep’s character Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada, the great antagonists of the movies create the arc in the story,
So, Halloween. Not the holiday, the movie. No, not the 1979 John Carpenter movie. And no, not that Rob Zombie one either (shhh, that one doesn’t exist). No, the other one. Halloween II. But not Halloween II the original sequel, and not the one that’s a sequel to the Rob
I'm always a little dubious when film stars announce their retirement with a "final feature". It seems a little like they are attempting to garner extra attention for a film that might not have been given the opportunity otherwise. I'm fully aware of how cynical that sounds however I do
I have enormous respect for films that have big ideas but don't necessarily have the budget to bring them to the screen in the traditional way. This intense little thriller from Denmark has kidnapping, murder, car chases and bar fights yet we see none of it, we simply hear and
