By Alex Cole. North Sea Texas is a fragile and gentle affair. Its protagonist, its setting, and even Gino, the film’s most colourful character are withheld, distant and understated. It tells the story of Pim, an introverted young man with a neglectful accordion playing mother Yvette and no father to speak
By Sebastian Skelton. Shadow of the Vampire (2000) Here's the basic premise to E. Elias Merhige’s Shadow of the Vampire: what if the seminal 1922 F.W Murnau masterpiece Nosferatu was actually filmed using a real vampire? As far as concepts go, it’s an interesting one as it essentially plays as a dramatised ‘making of’
Its vampires in modern day society, but don’t worry you wont have to endure the painful acting/story of a Twighlight film this time. Tom Hiddleston (known to most as Loki) plays an underground musician who is reunited with his lover of the past centuries, set against a background of modern
By Vincent Whittaker. When we see a stellar cast with the likes of Christian Bale, Woody Harrelson, Casey Affleck and Forest Whitaker we expect great things, but not even the great cast can raise this movie above the realms of the mediocre. The movie focuses on Russell Baze(Bale), a man trapped in
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
