Earthquake Bird Wash Westmoreland's Tokyo-based thriller, Earthquake Bird, has all the right ingredients, but lacks the elements required to make for anything other than a bland, forgettable and by-the-numbers thriller that offers little surprises. Set in 1989, Alicia Vikander plays Lucy, a young female expat living in Tokyo, arrested for murder, and
Cordillera of Dreams Artful Dive into Chilean Identity. By Brandon Topp. Cordillera of Dreams is the first Patricio Guzman film I’ve ever seen, which is a backwards introduction to the Chilean documentarian’s rich list of films. On the one hand, he made his mark with the expansive and groundbreaking film series
Timothy (Kaeleb Zain Gartner) and Madison Edwards (Hailey Foss) live with their mum, Melanie (Dawn Van de Schoot) in a quiet, suburban neighbourhood where hardly anything ever happens. Then one day whilst collecting the mail, Melanie discovers three red envelopes all addressed to each member of the family. They open
A Hidden Life Terrence Malick is a filmmaker who never fails to inspire debate. His films, while aesthetically pleasing, are often just impressionistic enough to cause a stir, and yet, A Hidden Life still had one of the longest queues at this year’s London Film Festival; for many reasons, filmgoers are
Brittany Runs A Marathon is that feel good film, completely unexpected and a total surprise because it has substance that will have you cheering at the end. Brittany Forgler (played pitch perfectly by Jillian Bell) is in her late twenties, failing at life and morbidly obese except she doesn’t realise that
