Look Both Ways first published by musicOMH, 26 Aug 2006 Look Both Ways is a polygeneric, multi-media ensemble piece whose subject is no less than life itself in all its joys and sorrows, as bizarre chances, unexpected causalities, and the mysterious workings of the human heart are all shown interacting in a skillfully embroidered web…
Beau Is Afraid first published by SciFiNow, 15 May 2023 “Stay hydrated,” is the advice given to 37-year-old Beau Wassermann (played at multiple ages by Joaquin Phoenix, but as a boy by Armen Nahapetian and James Cvetkovski) early on in Ari Aster’s Beau Is Afraid. Indeed, Beau’s surname is the German for ‘Waterman’ – and…
Dying to Sleep opens at night and in medias res, with Mary Swanson (SarahLydia Sophia) dragging something heavy in a bag from her car to a house, only to spill its contents in shock as she is greeted at the door by family and friends for a surprise birthday party. While the darkness and Jesse…
Seire screened for the London Korean Film Festival 2021 Seire, also know as samchil-il, is a 21-day ritual period of post-partum confinement for a newborn baby, during which time protective saekki ropes are hung over the threshold, special dietary measures are observed, only immediate family are allowed to visit, and the new parents, if they…
Climbing (Keul-la-i-ming) screens at the London Korean Film Festival, 18 Nov, 2021 In Climbing (Keul-la-i-ming), developed from writer/director Kim Hye-mi’s debut project for the Korean Academy of Film Arts’ feature animation course, Choi Se-hyeon (voiced by Kim Min-ji) is under a lot of pressure. A solo climber absolutely committed to her craft and hoping to…
These are troubled times. A decidedly disunited Britannia is struggling to remake herself in the image of a past that is both long dead and not quite as rosy as some like to remember. Xenophobia and other national uglinesses are rising once again from the grave. A deeply uncertain future holds out promise for a…