Exploding eyeballs, goop-slathered serial killers, nonsense jokes that go on five minutes at a time… The Greasy Strangler makes no apologies for its bad behaviour, emerging as one of the boldest, weirdest and most outrageously entertaining films at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. It’s a film that strives to turn …
Read More »Sundance 2014: Frank reaction review
In case you hadn’t heard, Frank is a little bizarre. Both in conception, production and even execution, the abbreviated synopsis may tag the movie as the tale of a young musician who joins an eccentric band, but the devil, as ever, is in the detail. The band’s musical taste could …
Read More »Sundance 2014: Locke reaction review
Anyone who’s ever had to endure more than a 30 minute stretch on Britain’s motorways will sympathise with the fact that each and every journey feels like a living purgatory. Locke takes that to its narrative conclusion, crafting an 85 minute emotional drama that takes place almost solely within the …
Read More »Indie Game: The Movie wins at Sundance Film Festival
It was a red carpet weekend for James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot, the Canadian hipster-glasses-wearing directors of Indie Game: The Movie. Just days after learning their video game documentary had caught the attention of HBO execs, the pair were in the news again this Saturday for taking home the prize …
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