The latest Spike Lee “Joint” arrived on Netflix on June 12th, off the back of Lee’s 2018 critical success with BlacKkKlansman. Da 5 Bloods is Lee’s return to satirical form with focus on African American GI experience in […]
Clubbing Films To Bring The Nightlife Scene to Your Home Screens
Missing Beaverworks and need something more than Boiler Room’s live streams to keep the memories of the rave alive? Sarah reviews four films that will put you back in the middle of the dance floor […]
Review: Moving Parts, Trixie Mattel
Trixie Mattel is undoubtedly one of the biggest stars to come from RuPaul’s Drag Race. From her short stint on season 7 to winning All Stars 3, this is a queen who showed incredible growth […]
Review: ‘The Invisible Man’
It seems now more than ever, the film industry is turning to the literary world to find its stories. The big studios feel adaptations is where the money is. So, whenever I sit down to […]
Review: And Then We Danced.
Amid controversy and protests in its home country and buzz on the festival circuit, Sabrina Martins reviews the Georgian queer coming-of-age film Directed by Levan Akin, And Then We Danced tells the story of Merab (Levan […]
Review: All The Bright Places
When Jennifer Niven released All the Bright Places back in 2015, the novel was an instant hit in the young-adult universe, The Fault in Our Stars level proportions. With Netflix’s recent trend of hit teen […]
Review: Uncut Gems
The Safdie Brothers crime-thriller Uncut Gems was a labour of love for over 10 years. Penning the original script back in 2009, the sibling filmmakers were unable to get the financial backing they needed to […]
Review: Bombshell
The #MeToo movement of 2017 exposed the terrible things people did to each other behind closed doors in the entertainment industry and has kickstarted a new genre of films exploring the subject in detail. The […]
REVIEW: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
After much excitement and anticipation, The Rise of Skywalker has arrived in cinemas, concluding the 42 year old Skywalker Saga. We pick up one year after the events of The Last Jedi, where the Resistance […]
Review: Knives Out
Knives Out is a fun, twisting whodunit, directed by Rian Johnson of Looper fame, which harks back to the crime drama of his debut film, Brick. Johnson, using a stellar cast of well-known actors, does […]
Review: Marriage Story
Marriage Story is a film about a couple who go through a divorce. That’s it. That’s the plot of the film in one line, and yet, it manages to be one of the most captivating […]
Knives Out: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson kills it with a modern-day whodunnit
With Knives Out, a wickedly clever reinvention of the murder mystery genre for the modern audience, Rian Johnson cements his status as an exceptionally talented filmmaker. Johnson received tremendous backlash from his polarising entry in […]