Sep 15, 2017
Film Recommendation: The Red Shoes (1948)
Lauded by film buffs (including director Martin Scorsese) as one of the most perfect movies ever made, The Red Shoes uses grand,...
Jun 2, 2017
Film Review: The Prestige (2006)
Arguably Christopher Nolan’s best film to date, The Prestige stars Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale as rival magicians in London at the...
May 12, 2017
Film Review: 500 Days of Summer (2009)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel star in the instant-classic, indie rom-com 500 Days of Summer. Tom Hansen (Gordon-Levitt) is a...
Oct 28, 2016
Film Review: Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
Mona Lisa Smile stars an ensemble cast led by Julia Roberts who plays a 1950s art history professor at elite New England ladies’ college,...
Aug 21, 2015
Film Review: Hero (2002)
Hero is Rashomon 2.0, taking the basic idea of multiple story retellings and refining it with epic vistas, beautifully choreographed...
Jul 10, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: Children of Men (2006)
Children of Men is a sci-fi action-drama based on mystery novelist P. D. James’s book of the same name. Clive Owen plays the reluctant...
Jun 19, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: Drive (2011)
The Ryan Gosling vehicle (haha) Drive is a well-crafted story about a nameless stuntman and getaway driver who falls in love with his...
May 22, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: Penelope (2006)
Penelope is a charming and original fairytale story set in modern times. The titular heroine, played by Christina Ricci, bears a...
May 16, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: The Girl With a Pearl Earring (2003)
Partly a fictional romance and mostly a study of life in city of Delft in the 1600s, The Girl With a Pearl Earring is based on the novel...
May 8, 2015
Favourite Film Friday: The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
Three affluent and self-centred brothers, played by Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman, embark on a quasi-spiritual journey...
