I had heard much about this new sci-fi horror from French director Coraline Fargeat, who gave us the 2017 horror Revenge. This award-winner at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, taking best screenplay, had quite a few walkouts due to the nature of the content. The talk was a body horror that goes to the extreme…
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Titane
Director: Julia Ducournau Starring: Vincent Lindon, Agathe Rousselle, Garance Marillier, Laïs Salameh, Mara Cissé Written by: Julia Ducournau, (writing consultants) Jacques Akchoti, Simonetta Greggio and Jean-Christophe Bouzy. Running Time: 108 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 31st December 2021 Watching so many films over a year can leave you forgetting a large proportion of them. Some…
mother!
Director: Darren Aronofsky Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Michelle Pfeiffer, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson Written by: Darren Aronofsky Running Time: 121 mins Cert: 18 Release date: 15th September 2017 With most films, the reviews almost write them. I am struggling to know where to begin with Darren Aronofsky’s latest. Here is a director…
Enemy
Director: Denis Villeneuve Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Melanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon, Isabella Rossellini, Tim Post Written by: José Saramago and (based on the novel The Double) Javier Gullón Running Time: 90 mins Cert: 15 Release date: 2nd January 2015 The doppelganger is a well-worn narrative device seen in dozens of movies, normally used for comic effect or some twisted…
