Posted on July 31, 2020
by Jordan Dodd
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Harpoon is director Rob Grant’s most conventional film of his decade-long career given his past experimental approach to film-making. Harpoon is hardly experimental and therefore much more accessible, though it retains the staunchly independent qualities that define his work. This latest effort possesses… Continue Reading “HARPOON [2019]”
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Category: 2019, Cinema Axis, FilmTags: 2019, best movies of 2020, black comedy, Dark Comedy, experimental film, fry comedy, horror comedy, Official selection Rotterdam Film Festival, Rob Grant, secret affairs, Sex, sexual tension, Suspense
Posted on December 23, 2019
by Jordan Dodd
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Noah Baumbach returns to the subject of divorce after first exploring the premise in The Squid and the Whale (2005), albeit from a different perspective both within the film and himself as a writer. His new offering centres around a couple who are on… Continue Reading “MARRIAGE STORY [2019]”
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Category: 2019, FilmTags: 2019, academy award nominees, Adam Driver, December 2019, divorce, Drama, julia greer, Laura Dern, marriage, Netflix, noah baumbach, ray liotta, relationships, Scarlett Johansson, Squid and the Whale
Posted on October 4, 2019
by Jordan Dodd
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A breath of fresh air after Marvel’s onslaught of movies that all looked, felt and sounded the same, and also DC’s rather lacklustre efforts all-round, Joker is a dark, twisted and unsettling character study of a neglected, abused and very sick man who, obviously, slowly… Continue Reading “JOKER [2019]”
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Category: 2019, FilmTags: #USA, 2019, character study, childhood trauma, Dark, firearms, insanity, Joaquin Phoenix, medication, mental illness, October release, politics, school shootings, social commentary, TIFF 2019, Todd Phillips, toxic relationships
JOKER [2019]
Posted on October 4, 2019 by Jordan Dodd
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A breath of fresh air after Marvel’s onslaught of movies that all looked, felt and sounded the same, and also DC’s rather lacklustre efforts all-round, Joker is a dark, twisted and unsettling character study of a neglected, abused and very sick man who, obviously, slowly… Continue Reading “JOKER [2019]”
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Category: 2019, FilmTags: #USA, 2019, character study, childhood trauma, Dark, firearms, insanity, Joaquin Phoenix, medication, mental illness, October release, politics, school shootings, social commentary, TIFF 2019, Todd Phillips, toxic relationships