David Lowery
A live-action adaptation of the classic tale of a boy who wouldn’t grow up and the enchanted Neverland island.
The Green Knight is an immersive, beautifully photographed if sometimes frustratingly structured fantasy adaptation.
The headstrong nephew of King Arthur embarks on a daring quest to confront the eponymous Green Knight.
David Lowery’s The Green Knight is a fantasy re-telling of the medieval story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.
Cinema allows us to immortalise people and events, capture change and examine the nature of time. Liam Beazley explores how time is explored in film.
The Old Man and the Gun is a love letter to many things: the 1970s/early ’80s, the aging outlaw trope so often seen in Westerns, and to film itself.
For this latest report from Film Fest 919, we into Robert Redford’s final film, the documentary about Orson Welles, and a Hillary Swank-starring drama.
The Old Man & The Gun is based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.
As given by its name, A Ghost Story is a supernatural tale, yet it touches on themes of love and grief in a uniquely beautiful way.
While A GHOST STORY just has a man under a white sheet, and won’t elicit sharp fear, it’s a film that’ll linger; the way death is wont to do.
If you’ve ever wondered why fantasy has always been a popular genre in fiction, it might help knowing that all fiction is a form of fantasy, and that stories are a type of self-preservation. Take Martin Scorsese’s wildly entertaining and greatly underappreciated Shutter Island, in which the main character, Teddy, is on a mission to prove he is innocent, only for the truth to reveal that he is anything but. As Teddy becomes fully aware, he finds out that he has created an elaborate fantasy, a hyper-fiction as a ruse to shield himself from the harsh reality.
Let’s be honest, if you’re stuck in a forest without other people, it’s cooler to pal around with a dragon than with apes. Sorry Tarzan, but Pete had a way better messed up childhood than you. While Pete’s Dragon doesn’t quite fit into the live-action reboot trend that Disney is on, it’s certainly of the same mind.
