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Classic Film: The 39 Steps (1935)
★★★★ The transition to sound is one of those milestones in film technology that you can either experience directly through The Jazz Singer, or by any number of tributes like Singin’ in the Rain, The Artist, or Babylon. What’s less talked about is that the shift from pantomime backed by music to a fully synced…
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Twinless (2025)
★★★★ Twinless is a black comedy about a man who lost his twin. When Roman (Dylan O’Brien) flies into Portland due to the untimely death of his brother, he decides to stay in his dead brother’s apartment. At a support group for twins who have lost a loved one, he meets Dennis (James Sweeney) who…
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Film about Film: Remembering Gene Wilder
Remembering Gene Wilder is a retrospective on the career of Gene Wilder. Told largely in his own words with excerpts from his audiobook and from interviews, and from many of the people who loved him, we get a retrospective of his career that started out in the theatre and blew up thanks to his collaborations…
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Modern Film: Dead Again (1991)
★★★ Filmmaking is a constantly evolving conversation in technical and aesthetics. While few films are truly avant-garde, they tend to align with the prevailing winds of the era. No-one says that you can’t make a film that feels like a 1940s film noir, directors don’t. If one looks at Hitchcock, directors like Brian De Palma…
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Sketch (2025)
★★★★ Sketch is a fantasy horror film about a girl’s artbook come to life. After the death of her mother, Amber (Bianca Belle) is encouraged by the school’s guidance councillor to explore her feelings in art. When her brother Jack (Kue Lawrence) finds a nearby pond that seems to have magical restorative properties, her notebook…
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5 Films: Biopic
Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn’t. Mark Twain The biopic distinguishes itself from a period drama by taking inspiration from real people, serving the same purpose as a biography. These often take liberties with the truth, but the facts serve as a grounding…
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Cult Movie: The Toxic Avenger (1984)
★★★ It is said that in matters of taste there can be no dispute, but it’s something that people don’t truly believe. While populist works have the validation of the masses, and highbrow works draw an audience of the learned (and those who pretend to be), it’s a certain kind of lowbrow art that raises…
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Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)
★★★ Remarkably Bright Creatures is a drama about two lost people, told through the eyes of the octopus to observes them. Marcellus is a giant pacific octopus spending his final days of life in an aquarium. When his escapes get him tangled, the ageing cleaner Tova (Sally Field) saves him, and Marcellus vows to repay…
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Prestige TV After the Golden Age
When I was growing up, TV was the B-tier for prestige drama, with film reigning supreme. TV shows were predominantly a network affair, with modest budgets that needed to cover 24 episodes. The format lent itself to stand-alone episodes with only limited multi-episode storylines. There were exceptions like Twin Peaks, but for the most part…
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Rewatch: Sneakers (1992)
★★★★ The dystopian vision of a chronically surveilled population was at the heart of Nineteen Eighty-Four, but aside from North Korea, it has played out in a different way. We are in a surveillance state, only that state is a mixture of government and corporate interests, and the data is currently a tool used to…
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A Random Walk Through Film History 