Cannes: Our Little Sister review
While it was adapted from a manga by Akimi Yoshida, Our Little Sister also follows very closely in the delicate footsteps of director Hirokazu Koreeda’s previous two films, the extraordinary I Wish and Like Father, Like Son. Once again, this is a story focused on familial relations, separation and reconciliation. The lead characters this time are four sisters, the … Read more
Cannes: Dope review
Dope’s lead character is Malcolm (Shameik Moore), a self-identified geek. He likes Game of Thrones, is in a punk band, and is obsessed with the nineties, and in particular nineties hip hop. 2 Live Crew, Digital Underground, Public Enemy and many, many more get a mention in Dope‘s dialogue, or an inclusion on the film’s extraordinary soundtrack. … Read more
Cannes: Mad Max and modern technology, modern action and modern storytelling
The big budget cinema of spectacle should be better than it used to be. These films should improve with every passing year, as new technologies are developed and filmmakers are given a whole range of cutting-edge toys for their toolbox and, at the same time, the rich history of cinematic ideas and images they can draw … Read more
Cannes: Orson Welles – Shadows & Light and The Third Man
The first of two documentaries on Orson Welles to premiere at Cannes this year, each produced to coincide with the centenary of his birth, Orson Welles: Shadows & Light is a short and rather flimsy investigation into the great filmmaker that seeks to draw parallels between his work and his personal life. This isn’t a particularly new approach, and … Read more