It has been a long time waiting for director Joe Cornish’s follow-up to ATTACK THE BLOCK.
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It is director Ang Lee’s birthday. His top 5 films: - CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON - EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN - HULK - LIFE OF PI - RIDE WITH THE DEVIL  LIFE OF PI THE NIGHT COMES FOR US ★★★★½ D: Timo Tjahjanto (May the Devil Take You, Headshot, Killers). S: Joe Taslim, Iko Uwais, Julie Estelle, Sunny Pang. Bar a couple of scenes where henchmen seem to be waiting their turn to have the sh*t kicked out of them, the fight sequences are phenomenal.   Out to own today: The Bookshop
My top 5 favourite films from the London Film Festival 2018:
- DESTROYER - NON-FICTION - SHADOW - WIDOWS - WOMAN AT WAR The best film of the festival: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
STAN & OLLIE ★★★☆☆
D: Jon S. Baird (Filth). S: John C. Reilly, Steve Coogan, Nina Arianda, Shirley Henderson. The melancholic swansong of blockbuster entertainment careers is complimented by spurts of sharp banter. Bar the occasional flourish, this feels like a TV movie of the week. The make up on John C. Reilly is distracting. MARI ★★★☆☆ D: Georgia Parris. S: Bobbi Jene Smith, Phoebe Nicholls, Madeleine Worrall. A family melodrama, which at times feels skilfully economic and at others clumsily forced. The refreshing move was to incorporate Bobbi Jene Smith's dancing. Georgia Parris is a director to watch. It is actor Ken Watanabe’s birthday. His top 5 films: - INCEPTION - ISLE OF DOGS - LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA - TAMPOPO - UNFORGIVEN [2013]  UNFORGIVEN
A PRIVATE WAR ★★★½☆
D: Matthew Heineman (City of Ghosts). S: Rosamund Pike, Jamie Dornan, Stanley Tucci, Jesuthasan Antonythasan, Tom Hollander. Rosamund Pike impresses as war correspondent Marie Colvin, though the direction and editing do not match the power of her performance. The film is a deeply affecting recognition of journalistic bravery, empathy, and conviction. CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? ★★★★☆ D: Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl). S: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin. Literary forgery shenanigans and loneliness. Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant, playing to their strengths, are an engagingly unruly double act. It is actor Viggo Mortensen's birthday. His top 5 films: - A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE - CAPTAIN ALATRISTE - CAPTAIN FANTASTIC - ON THE ROAD - THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING  CAPTAIN FANTASTIC
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK ★★★★★
D: Barry Jenkins (Moonlight, Medicine for Melancholy). S: Kiki Layne, Stephan James, Diego Luna, Ed Skrein, Pedro Pascal, Brian Tyree Henry, Teyonah Parris, Regina King, Dave Franco, Colman Domingo. A cinematic cry of anguish. The best film of 2018? THE SISTERS BROTHERS ★★★★½ D: Jacques Audiard (Dheepan, Rust and Bone, A Prophet, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Read My Lips, A Self-Made Hero, See How They Fall). S: Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed. Director Jacques Audiard is a cinema master. He continually brings a fresh spin to the genres he touches. This Western's humour, rapid gunplay, chase structure, and thematic resonance are combined unusually and winningly. |
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Filmaluation is dedicated to arts culture, with a particular focus on film. I care about intelligence, quality and entertainment. Going to the cinema today? See the recommendations page of what is currently out. Click here. The vital ambitions of art and entertainment: - Perceptiveness - Illumination - The unexpected - Innovation Brains and soul are key; but adrenaline junkies do not fret, there is also much love for an experience that delivers a sucker-punch to the guts via stunningly delivered thrills. Noun, “filmaluation”: The evaluation of a film Verb, "to filmaluate”: To evaluate a film I am well aware how difficult it is to make a film, put on a stage play, create a television show, write a novel, let alone make something of note. (That appreciation doesn’t stop me from having high standards though.) This online magazine is edited by Hemanth Kissoon. Filmaluation is owned by Filmaluation Limited (Company number 8549302. Registered in England and Wales) Archives
October 2018
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