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[MIFF ’11] Tomboy

Tomboy Céline Sciamma follows up her fantastic debut feature Water Lilies, with Tomboy, another coming of age film dealing with girls. While Water Lilies dealt with High School and sexuality, Tomboy follows a different path with its main focus a 10-year-old girl. As this film starts off however we do not know that Laure (Zoé … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Submarine

Submarine Submarine is a coming of age story, set in an unspecified time in a nameless Welsh village. Our main character Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) is a 15 year old boy, who narrates his story and often does so as if he were the star in his own film. His goals in life, to lose … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Armadillo (2010)

[MIFF ’11] Armadillo (2010)

I have seen a lot of films about war, but nothing quite compares to Armadillo. Most films of the sort seem to have some kind of agenda, and don’t quite show all the sides to what is going on. Armadillo is a documentary, its only agenda is to give you a first hand look at … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Cold Fish

Cold Fish Cold Fish can certainly lay claim to being one of the most unique and completely off beat serial killer films I have ever seen. This was my first venture into the works of director Sion Sono (who also wrote the screenplay with Yoshiki Takahashi), having heard positive things about his previous films, I … Continue reading →

[MIFF ’11] Hobo With A Shotgun

Hobo With A Shotgun “You and me are goin’ on a car-ride to hell… and you’re riding shotgun!” Hobo With A Shotgun was a modern version of the exploitation films from the 70’s and early 80’s, it is the second film to be made from the Grindhouse faux trailers (the first being Machete). So can … Continue reading →

The Beaver

The Beaver is at its core a film about mental illness, which includes a puppet. It does not sound terribly exciting when you put it that way, nor does it sound much fun. The film is rather interesting in some ways, yet it manages to be quite dark (in humour also) and verges on deeply … Continue reading →

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold seems like it was an idea that Morgan Spurlock had in the shower one day when he asked himself “What sort of a film can I make that seems smarter than it actually is?”. The answer was this film, and it very much is something that tries to hide the … Continue reading →

Requiem

Requiem is an interesting drama piece based upon the true story of German girl Anneliese Michel, who was believed to have been possessed, she passed away after she had under gone a number of exorcisms and as a result suffered malnutrition and dehydration. This film is a fictionalised version of those events, changing the character … Continue reading →

Mini Reviews: Super and The Rite

Super 4/5 Writer/Director James Gunn who made his mark with a little film called Slither, returns with a different kind of superhero film. This is not something based upon a comic, so how does it fare with so many other superhero type films out there? Quite well as it turns out, Super is a unique … Continue reading →