Downsizing is a film that starts out with a phenomenal concept, but gets a little lost in the execution. A brilliant scientific breakthrough allows people to be shrunk down to 5 inches tall, ostensibly for the purposes of saving resources, and therefore the planet. The film starts strong, with a funny and engaging introduction to […]
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Indie filmmaker duo the Safdie brothers have really stepped up to the next level with electric thriller Good Time. Robert Pattinson stars as Connie Nikas, a criminal on a desperate path to break his mentally ill brother Nick (Benny Safdie) out of the infamous Rikers Island after a heist gone wrong. Benny Safdie is mesmerising, […]
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Arshad Khan is a Pakistani-Canadian filmmaker, whose recent autobiographical documentary ABU (Father) screened at the London Film Festival. He is also known for his short films Doggoned and Threadbare. His work examines the Pakistani immigrant experience in Canada, and around the world. Interview by Sneh Rupra When did you decide that you wanted to pursue […]
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This highly anticipated artistic endeavour utterly lives up to the sky high expectations. A film where every frame is hand painted in the style of one of the most famous painters ever is such a staggering feat to even consider, to the extent that watching it is an almost emotional experience. Douglas Booth is a […]
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Andy Serkis steps out of the motion capture suit and into the director’s chair for this moving true story of the film’s producer Jonathan Cavendish’s parents, and the remarkable lives they led. Andrew Garfield plays Robin, a charming and athletic tea-broker, who marries the beautiful Diana (Claire Foy), before they set off on their life […]
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