Cannes: Sicario review
Director Denis Villeneuve has carved out a moderately successful career of late, making polished thrillers about Serious Subjects with a pair of capital Ss. His latest, Sicario suggests he has no intention of diverging from this path. This is border thriller, centred on an elite group of mostly American special agents carrying out a clandestine … Read more
Inherent Vice review
This feature adaptation of Thomas Pynchon’s Inherent Vice begins with a pretty classic film noir set-up but takes off in a number of very unusual directions from there on out. In the Gordita Beach, California of 1970, Private Eye Larry ‘Doc’ Sportello (Joaquin Phoenix) is visited by his long estranged ex-girlfriend. She’s bringing him a case to solve. Rich … Read more