As cliched a saying as "not for the faint of heart" is, especially when it's thrown around for films that ultimately prove far more accessible than we're led to believe, The Nightingale very much defines the phrase. Somehow bypassing a local R18+ classification in Australia (it honestly baffles me that a film of this ilk that features no less than three rape sequences was … [Read more...] about The Nightingale – Film Review
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The House That Jack Built – Film Review
*TRAILER CONTAINS VIOLENT IMAGERY After being declared "persona non grata" at the Cannes Film Festival seven years ago for his flippant remark about sympathising with Hitler during the press conference for Melancholia, writer/director Lars von Trier returned in the boldest of fashions (out of competition though) with The House That Jack Built; "Whether we like it or not, we … [Read more...] about The House That Jack Built – Film Review