All Is Lost Review
From the Mamet-lite and dialogue heavy Margin Call J.C. Chandor moves onto a very different project for his ‘difficult second album’, the elemental drama All is Lost. Starring just Robert Redford All is Lost is also far removed from the star-studded ensemble cast of Margin Call, offering no other characters beyond Redford – who is … Read more
The Immigrant Review
We are first introduced to Ewa (Marion Cotillard) and her sister Magda (Angela Sarafyan) as they queue at Ellis Island, having travelled from Poland to America to start a new life. Magda is suffering from tuberculosis and despite her attempts to cover up her coughing it’s quickly discovered and she is sent to the infirmary, … Read more
Frank Pavich Interview for Jodorowsky’s Dune
What do you think of Jodorowsky’s latest film? I think it’s astounding. I know Brontis [who plays the lead]. We worked together on Dune obviously, he did a play last year that I saw and he’s fantastic in, he’s in a new Mexican film called Tau and he’s fantastic in that. But La Danza is … Read more
Jeune & Jolie Review
François Ozon, the former enfant terrible of French Cinema, returns after his career best In the House with a rather sedate, even if it is occasionally mildly provocative, character study into the sexual awakening of a seventeen year-old girl. Isabelle, the girl in question, is played by Marine Vacth, an actress for who this will … Read more