You will walk out of We Are the Best! feeling like a giant balloon is swelling in your chest. The film is a delightful and captivating story of what it’s like to be young. Swedish director Lukas Moodysson (Lilya 4-eva, Mammoth) has yet again proven himself to be an accomplished and versatile filmmaker. His works are each deeply powerful …
Though we might see film as a fundamentally visual experience, the progression of sound in a motion picture is a huge and important development to movies. Whether a film is an action-packed adventure, a heartfelt drama or a laugh-out-loud comedy, the perfect song at the perfect moment will always improve the impact and composition of …
Even though Nicolas Roeg is a British director, his 1971 film Walkabout is embedded into the Australian New Wave of the 70’s. Not to forget that “walkabout” is a rite of passage for an Aboriginal Australian adolescent, as he lives in the wilderness on his own on his journey to manhood. In a national geographical style, …
Slight spoilers ahead for those who have yet to see the premiere episode: The long-awaited first episode of Doctor Who‘s eighth series finally aired, with Doctor Peter Capaldi making his highly anticipated debut as the 12th titular Time Lord. Penned as usual by showrunner Stephen Moffat (Sherlock), the feature-length episode entitled ‘Deep Breath’ featured the usually …
Under a starry sky, sitting in the old theatre, the lights went out, and Richard Strauss’ “Also Sprach Zarathustra” quickly wrapped us with its shivering halo. Followed by the national anthem of Tunisia, the film finally opened its doors, letting us discover the first fiction inspired by the events that occurred between December 2010, and …
Broad City, Comedy Central’s new female-based comedy, created by and starring newcomers Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson, has been one of the most pleasantly surprising, bizarre, stoned-out-of-its-mind and profoundly funny shows TV has had to offer. Some of that can be attributed to its beginnings as a web series before making the leap to primetime, …
Love them or hate them, the surrealist sextet of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin are a comedic institution. It’s easy to see how a modern audience would find their stream-of-consciousness comedy alienating (and yes, perhaps even a little dated), but it’s Monty Python’s absurdist satire that broke …
Some of the best comedy on television over the years has been British. From great character actors, to classic one-liners, slapstick and satire, the British sure know how to make us laugh, and having been doing so for generations. As a tribute to the Brits, here is my much-loved list of the Top Ten British TV …
As the writer behind the Taken franchise, I shouldn’t have doubted the level of absurdity French director Luc Besson was capable of. Luckily, modern screen siren Scarlett Johansson (The Girl with the Pearl Earring, The Avengers) spearheads this existential escapade as the titular Lucy, a woman accidentally transformed into a superhuman. Whilst in Taiwan studying, …
It seems like there has been an awful lot of effort put into creating The Hundred-Foot Journey. From the well-lit and striking cinematography, the gorgeous French and Indian locations and the thumping soundtrack helmed by the award winning A.R. Rahman (Slumdog Millionaire), it is clear that the creative team behind the film has tried really …
