Category: Essays

As VOD started to become a thing, I seem to remember that there was a certain worry amongst film fans that the serendipity of discovering a film that you didn’t know that you needed in your life, via a cinema visit or on broadcast television in those enigmatic late-night hour, would…

the fact that the filmis about skateboarding and skateboarders do wear certain products raisesa question as to where the line between true documentary and branded content might be drawn Dogtown’s producer Agi Orsi, was able to secure $400,000 in finance…

Others might denigrate it but for me, Birch’s rebuild of the hotel beyond the stargate is pop art of the highest order Any worth that it possesses is due to the fact that it perfectly recreates an element of another…

When I first saw the film I must admit to not being so impressed, something about it just felt a bit ‘off.’ Looking back today no doubt my critique was time-specific and generational. My first viewing of the film was…

When I first saw the trailer I was beside myself. Here seemed to be a film that ticked many of my particular cineastian boxes, namely a board-sport and a meaty subject matter, both drawn in a lyrical shooting style. On…

Moon was one of those films that I knew I was going to like just from the poster Of course, a nice poster is no guarantee of a good film but there was so much knowledge of retro sci-fi film…

It’s one of those strange things about pop culture, certain things can affect you but you don’t need to know the full story or get all the references to still feel an emotional connection Rummaging around in a box of…