The Autopsy of Jane Doe Grips and Chills in Equal Measure
André Øvredal’s anatomical horror mystery juxtaposes a genuine human warmth with its cold corpse – and has brains, heart and guts
Under Review | Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Edward Zwick’s functional, pacey thriller is dependably brutal – and more than a touch predictable
SOUNDTRACKING WITH EDITH BOWMAN
Edith Bowman’s new passion project Soundtracking puts the spotlight on music’s role within film
The American Dream Gets Upturned In Chilling New Thriller The Gift
In The Gift, Joel Edgerton’s surprising and disturbing new thriller, a middle-aged couple move from the urban maelstrom of Chicago to the leafy, peaceful Californian suburbs in pursuit of the new American dream – a cushy corporate job and 2.4 children (what on earth...
How Silicon Valley Became Hollywood’s Scariest Villain
As new film Inside Out shows San Francisco as a very scary place, Greg Taylor explores Hollywood’s deeply ambiguous relationship with the tech industry… The Golden Gate Bridge gets totalled in Rise of the Planet of the Apes In 1985’s Back to the Future II...
Film | God Loves The Fighter
Far from the sweet calypso and soca tunes of Trinidad, God Loves The Fighter is a new film that bangs its steel drums. Boasting an all-Trinidadian cast, the film throws us into the heart of Laventille’s gritty slums with a realistic portrayal of life and death...
Review | Mad Max: Fury Road
Since the last Mad Max film – 1985’s wacky Beyond Thunderdome – Director/writer/visionary/filmic shaman George Miller has kept his film-making mojo flowing with true-life disease weepie Lorenzo’s Oil, talking-pig flick Babe and its sequel, and two Happy...
Watch Out, Boys – Spring’s Films Might Sting
Greg Taylor explores the film world’s zeitgeist for troubled men As though frantically nourishing our minds in preparation for the lean nutritional offerings being prepped for summer’s onslaught of explosive lunacy, cinemas are currently awash with challenging...