What do you get when you combine a laundry list of horror movie clichés with writing and directing that fundamentally misunderstands its own source material while clinging to the assertion that horror is the sum of its worst tropes? Well.
Bertrand Bonello’s new film The Beast is incredible. Abundant in scope and brave in its ambition, this is the kind of movie that, for all the right reasons, begs the question, “How did this get made?”.
Robot Dreams captures the essence of friendship, longing, and the transformative power of companionship—all without a single word of dialogue.
Monster is an impressive, sympathetic and engaging Japanese psychological mystery directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu from an award-winning screenplay written by Yuji Sakamoto.
What About Sal? is an Australian independent feature film and the third film written by, co-starring, and directed by screen legend John Jarratt (Wolf Creek).
The Sweet East is both the directorial debut of indie cinematographer turned director Sean Price Williams and the first-time screenwriting effort of prolific film critic Nick Pinkerton. Although, considering how expertly directed, written, and performed it is, you wouldn’t really know it.
