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It’s All Gone Pete Tong: Character vs. Plot

August 22, 2018August 22, 2018OpinionIt's All Gone Pete Tong, Paul Kaye

Without getting too caught up in the semantics, I believe it is fair to say that within the realms of television and cinema there are essentially two types of narratives: those that are plot-driven, and

The F Word (Review)

August 15, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewDaniel Radcliffe, Michael Dowse, The F Word, Zoe Kazan

Try as they may, any filmmakers’ attempts to avoid the categorization of their respective works by genre is pretty much impossible in this day and age, especially since studios and audiences alike compulsively reach for

Hard Core Logo (Review)

August 8, 2018March 2, 2020ReviewBernie Coulson, Bruce MacDonald, Callum Keith Rennie, Hard Core Logo, Hugh Dillon, John Pyper-Ferguson, Punk Rock

Having analysed and reviewed the found footage films of Matt Johnson in these past few weeks, it is fair to say I have been going through something of a cinematic uber-realism phase. This is made

Operation Avalanche (Review)

August 1, 2018February 5, 2020ReviewMatt Johnson, Operation Avalanche, Owen Williams

Any budding filmmakers making their feature film debut pray for success and recognition right out the gate, which of course is not always the case. Yet, an auspicious debut can lead to unduly high expectations

Different, but the Same: Found Footage and Matt Johnson’s The Dirties

July 25, 2018July 25, 2018Reviewfound footage, Matt Johnson, The Dirties

From time to time, along comes a film that kick-starts an alternative trend in cinema, which more often than not leads to numerous imitators whose own attempts can breed mixed results. There are generally two

Bao: A Love Letter

July 18, 2018July 18, 2018ReviewBao, Pixar

Pixar’s latest release, The Incredibles 2, is accompanied by Bao, written and directed by Domee Shi, a Chinese-Canadian filmmaker from Toronto. In the tradition of Pixar’s most notable shorts, such as Geri’s Game and For