By Gordon Foote. If I take nothing else away from my time at battleroyalewithcheese, it will have gifted me a far greater appreciation of South Korean cinema. Not that I mind, I’m finding I rather enjoy the nation’s approach to cinema
A year after An Unexpected Journey set out into cinemas, we’re back in Middle Earth as director Peter Jackson takes us further on our quest to the Lonely Mountain and to reclaim the ancestral home of the Dwarves. This time there is no need for exposition and introduction; we know
Now, as a writer on cinema, it has never been my practice to begin a piece this way—to set aside the overall film for a moment to indulge in effusively throwing praise onto a single aspect or performer in the thing—but in the case of Kerri Lendo in Don Swaynos’
I'm really enjoying what's been going on with horror over the past decade or so. It has all the makings of another, possibly to be seen with hindsight, golden age, with films like Lucky McKee's May, Ben Wheatley's Kill List and Pascal Laugier's simply amazing Martyrs to name but three.
The Coen Brothers’ films are a bit like ordering a hamburger; it’s going to contain blood, violence, interesting characters and clean dialogue in the same way as a hamburger contains a meat patty sandwiched between two pieces of bread. Except that with Inside Llewyn Davis they’ve gone against the grain