fbpx

September 5 – movie review

It was the day live sports coverage became live news coverage of the most heinous kind. That was September 5, 1972. The setting: the athletes’ village in Munich at the 20th summer Olympics. Terrorists affiliated with militant organisation Black September captured and killed 11 Israeli athletes and coaches. September 5, the movie, tells the story…

Read More

Past Lives – movie review

Writer-director Celine Song delivers a stunning debut with Past Lives. This thoughtful, compelling film gives a fresh voice to the migrant experience, while also working as a contemplative character study. Song’s previous experience was as a staff writer on the fantasy TV series The Wheel of Time. This film bears little relationship to that series….

Read More

First Cow – movie review

If you’ve heard of the slow cinema movement, Kelly Reichardt could be considered its high priest. Her exacting, often dramatically beautiful films are the antithesis of, say, modern superhero movies. Often set on the American frontier, her work features long static shots and minimal dialogue. And Reichart’s new film, First Cow, follows much the same…

Read More