Cannes 74: ‘Titane’ Review
The Shape of Gasoline Holy Motors! What did I just watch?! Finally Cannes has presented its first horror in this year’s competition,...
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Jack Salvadori
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74: ‘The French Dispatch’ Review
From pastel colours to music, there has always been a French filter over Wes Anderson’s films, but with his latest work, he formally...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74: ‘Bergman Island’ Review
Conventionally, Jerusalem is to a priest what the Swedish island of Fåro is to a filmmaker. A filmmaker is, customarily, meant to...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 11, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74: ‘Flag Day’ Review
History tells us that there are a few exceptions, but actors-turned-directors are often catalysts for calamitous filmic accomplishments....
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 10, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74: ‘Three Floors’ Review
3 Piani, 2 stars, 1 Review The carousel of disappointment does not seem to slow down at Cannes 74. After Paul Verhoeven and Sean Penn’ s...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 10, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74: ‘Benedetta’ Review
Nobody expects the French inquisition. Have you ever tried to download a movie but instead got its porn caricature? Well, meet the XXX...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Cannes 74: ‘The Divide’ Review
One night in French ER. In Catherine Corsini’s new picture, a plethora of colourful characters spend the evening in a Parisian hospital,...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 9, 2021
- 1 min
Cannes 74: ‘Ahed’s Knee’ Review
Hate and a half. Lapid’s new movie is as dry as the desert in which all the story is set - the world did not need another film on a...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 8, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74: ‘The Worst Person in the World’ Review
No, it’s not Hitler’s biopic, nor a serial killer flick, but an irresistible romantic dramedy exploding with cinematic magic. Director...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 8, 2021
- 3 min
Cannes 74: Day 2
A mild day in Cannes- after the cinematic exuberance of Annette, the festival promptly slackened its intensity with a selection of...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74 - ‘Cow’ Review
There is a point in crying over spilt milk. Andrea Arnold chose cows for the protagonist of her documentary, “because they’re feminine,...
Jack Salvadori
- Jul 7, 2021
- 2 min
Cannes 74: ‘Annette’ Review
La La Leos Carax. The red carpet is laid, the spotlights are on, the posters are up, and the aborted 2020 Cannes edition is an unspoken...
Jack Salvadori
- Sep 10, 2020
- 6 min
Venezia 77: The Last Vanguard of Cinema
It’s dark and quiet; has been like this for a while. A beam of light finally slices through the blackness – it’s the projector of the...
Jack Salvadori
- Oct 13, 2019
- 4 min
The Irishman at LFF: Scorsese’s epic gangster chronicle
Cinema’s greatest heroes have finally assembled, but if you’re thinking about the latest Marvel flick, I’m afraid this review is not for...
Jack Salvadori
- Oct 10, 2019
- 4 min
The El Duce Tapes: feeling bad for a bad person
When you take your seat, stumbling in the dark, and begin staring at the silver screen, there is always that moment of beautiful...
Jack Salvadori
- Sep 29, 2019
- 3 min
"Greed" Review
This is what happens when a moral message overwhelms a film Michael Winterbottom’s latest flick is titled Greed, as its true protagonist...
Jack Salvadori
- Sep 18, 2018
- 5 min
Venice 75: Review
For the 75th time, the Golden Lion roared again on the Venetian Lido. The oldest international film festival in the world ended a few...
Jack Salvadori
- May 29, 2018
- 3 min
Believing in the Unbelievable
The room is dark. The only beacon on light comes from a tiny hole at the top, from which a beam crosses the gloom. The projected light...
Jack Salvadori
- May 21, 2018
- 5 min
Cannes 71: Review
Cannes, 18th May 1968: the most prestigious film festival in the world is shut down by a group of extremists, radical cinephiles, led by...
Jack Salvadori
- Feb 12, 2018
- 3 min
BAFTA’s New Policies – and the Death of the 7th Art
What is “Art”? What does this short, three-lettered word really mean, and how do we determine what is defined by it? According to some...