Tag: Sam Lavender

The Shadow of Violence | Review

Goodbye Horses: Rowland Riles Allegiances in Familiar Crime Thriller It’s a tale as old as crime itself, the toppling of empires thanks to the shifting...

True History of the Kelly Gang | Review

The Ned Don’t Die: Kurzel Returns to Form with Exploration of Infamous Outlaw It’s been nearly 140 years since the execution of Ned Kelly, Australia’s...

Interview: Michael Pearce & Jessie Buckley – Beast

Unveiled at the Toronto International Film Festival in the Platform section with additional premieres at Sundance and Rotterdam earlier this year, Michael Pearce's directorial...

2018 Sundance Film Festival Predictions: Jim Hosking’s An Evening with Beverly Luff

Heavy on the gag....reflex, Jim Hosking's feature break out debut (a 2016 Sundance Park City at Midnight selection) was what could categorically be called...

’71 | 2014 TIFF Review

Control: A Frenzied Look at the Early Days of the IRA Yann Demange, whose resume consists of serviceable, albeit unexceptional, television fare, has achieved the...

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La petite dernière (The Little Sister) | Review

The Lost Daughter: Herzi Passes Up Potency in Standard...

Interview: Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud – Persepolis

The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.