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
Cannes: Son of Saul review
Son of Saul opens with an establishing shot that appears to be entirely out of focus. After a few moments where it’s impossible to see what is being presented, the image is suddenly consumed with a face, the only thing held in focus by a shallow depth of field. The face is that of Saul … Read more
Cannes: Inside Out review
I have felt that Pixar lost their way over the past five years, with two disappointing sequels and an original feature that never quite came together – Cars 2, Monsters University and Brave – but Pete Docter’s Inside Out now puts the studio back at the top of its game. Docter tells two parallel and interconnected stories. There’s the tale … Read more
Cannes: Green Room review
Jeremy Saulnier’s feature film début, Murder Party, may have passed by relatively quietly, but his follow-up, Blue Ruin, made a lot of noise. It was a skilfully made revenge thriller that successfully traded in the unexpected, taking directions that felt entirely natural but were always surprising. The very same is true of Saulnier’s latest, Green Room, a horror thriller … Read more