Reviews in a nutshell
The Polsky Brothers, Alan and Gabe’s directorial debut, The Motel Life, is a gradual and quietly moving, low-key affair. It’s an adaptation of Richmond Fontaine frontman Willy Vlautin’s 2007 novel of the same name, pivoting on the central character-driven performances from Emile Hirsch and Stephen Dorff – the latter of which, especially, re-emphasises the actor’s …
We’ve seen conflict in Afghanistan played out on the big screen before. What makes Peter Berg’s gripping drama, Lone Survivor, a little different is the uncompromising assault on the senses that begins as soon as the four-man team of US Navy SEALs lands on a mountainside to monitor a Taliban stronghold. This film holds one …
Teaming up with writer Tracy Letts of Bug again, The Exorcist and The French Connection director William Friedkin decides to go down the depressingly claustrophobic route of his 2006 film, trapping us with his characters in a seemingly hopeless spiral of existence in Killer Joe. However, there is some depraved glee that this filmmaker takes …
