Editor Jacob Calta takes on Francis Ford Coppola’s latter-day sci-fi epic and tries to articulate what it is that made this such a fascinating and powerful watch.
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Furiosa (2024) – A “Mad Max” Saga?
Critic David Alkhed returns to the Wastes once more to review George Miller’s prequel to the 2015 action juggernaut “Mad Max: Fury Road” starring Anya Taylor-Joy as Furiosa.
Civil War (2024) – Chaos at The End of a Lens
Critic Amos Lamb dives headlong into the controversial A24 photojournalist war drama, the latest from author-turned-filmmaker Alex Garland.
Dune: Part Two (2024) – The Beginning of a Delicate Time
Know then that it is the year 2024, and not only is it exactly forty years since the release of David Lynch’s admirable but unsuccessful adaptation, we have now finally returned to Denis Villeneuve’s vision of Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction novel Dune in the latest chapter of his adaptation. The film covers more orContinue reading “Dune: Part Two (2024) – The Beginning of a Delicate Time”
Show Me Cinema #31: Stockholm Bloodbath
Sweden has a fascinating history that has yet to reveal itself on screen in cinema. There are naturally a handful of films that depict Swedish history. For instance Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal and The Virgin Spring depict medieval Sweden when religious turmoil and the plague tormented the countryside. Greta Garbo played Queen Christina inContinue reading “Show Me Cinema #31: Stockholm Bloodbath”
Mean Girls (2024) – As Plastic as Ever
The story of Mean Girls follows Cady Heron. Although born in America she has spent much of her childhood with her parents in Kenya being homeschooled. But now they return to the states and like a fish out of water Cady is thrust into the world of high school drama, getting herself mixed up withContinue reading “Mean Girls (2024) – As Plastic as Ever”
A Fistful of Film 