Throughout all of Steve McQueen’s previous films; Hunger and Shame, he deals with imprisonment and loss of freedom whether literally or metaphorically.  It’s as if his two previous films were the overtures before the earth shattering crescendo that is 12 Years A Slave.  His latest film is based upon the

 By Vincent Whittaker. Every now and then a documentary comes along that’s hard to define, ‘Tom’s Restaurant’ is one of those such documentaries. The movie focuses on the diner made famous by Seinfeld and showcases some of the vast array of patrons to New York’s most iconic diner. There’s professors of

By Vincent Whittaker. Wow. That was the only thing I could say about this film for a good hour or so after the credits rolled. This movie is powerful is a way that’s hard to overstate. Joshua Oppenheimer, brings us a startling vision that is often at times hard to comprehend. The

By Alex Cole. Playing on the title of William Irwin’s unique introduction to philosophy, Gian Franco Morini gives us a film that’s strongest link with Seinfeld is the vague premise on which both are built. It is easy to forgive anyone for thinking this film is about Seinfeld, Suzanne Vega, or how

There are stories about romance, stories about heroes, stories about the fall of empires and stories about the forging of them.  And there are stories about life.  Inside Llewyn Davis is the tale of a young man in 1960s New York, a folk singer struggling to pay the bills surfing