***** 'I am by nature a boy, not a girl...' Over and over does Dieyi mistakenly repeat these words before his master at the Beijing Opera...

****1/2 Often I talk about humanism, a desire for the genuine, for sincerity in much of what I consume. When I escape from the world, it...

I've been on a little high as I revisit one of my favourite filmmakers this week. Escapism, desire and longing captured through the lens...

With the state of all things, we are seeing the legitimate questioning of the relevance of cinema, it's current lack-ness and it's...

Halloween is drawing ever nearer and with the possibility of a night-in for most, I have decided to reflect on some of my favourite...

** 1/2 As a huge fan of Japanese, European and surrealist-shock cinema, writer/director Sion Sono quickly became a favourite of mine...

It's funny that we all have our little obsessions. Funnier still is how they come and go. For some it's romance novels, others it's the...

Hirokazu Koreeda is the master of the modern socially-conscious, family drama who chooses to explore the various dynamics in the familial...

Anime had produced some of the best visuals, characters and storytelling since the dawn of cinema. But it currently isn’t as highly...

Studio Ghibli’s cinema was the first time I really understood the difference between a children’s film and a family film. Until then my...

I still remember the first scene I ever saw Olivia de Havilland in. Sweeping towards the audience, matronly in her large hooped gown,...

Today I want to do a countdown of my top fifteen Akira Kurosawa films, a favourite director of mine who was one of the greatest writers...

Note: All scores used throughout this article I am very fond of, no hating from me on the links shared today. Music is possibly the...

Of the vast international cinemas out there, Japan is my favourite. Off-beat storytelling, rich culture and history and an eye for gentle...

Rating: *** I was so pumped to watch A Whisker Away. Like, embarrassingly so. Not a day went by in the month beforehand did I not think...

*Minor Spoilers - but not too many, hopefully enough to get you interested* ‘…I have an ideal to make movies that deal with values that...

My Rating: *** Sometimes I wonder if a film had been made twenty/twenty-five years ago would it get the same reaction as it does now? Are...

Rating: * Why Lukas Moodysson's experimental drama was A Hole in MY Afternoon

*Contains Spoilers* Sam Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs, was set and filmed in Cornwall, England. It is about a married couple, David Sumner, an...