Disorder (or its French title, Maryland) seems to be a third in an increasing number of films that feature the talented Belgian star, Matthias Schoenaerts, in physically morose but deeply sympathetic roles of misunderstood tough-guys, tamed by their affection for…
Movie Review: ‘April and the Extraordinary World’
One of the popular aesthetic movements in fiction is steampunk, a genre mash-up of Vernian science fiction and Victorian culture. In the field of speculative fiction, however, this is also one of the most lacklustre genres. Its conceptual premise always…
Movie Review: ‘Bridgend’
You may have heard about the headlines, an inexplicable number of suicides in a small Welsh town, all of them teenagers, no notes left behind. Between 2007 and 2012, Bridgend was afflicted by 79 suicides, the majority of which were…
Movie Review: ‘The Dark Horse’
The Dark Horse seems to be two films; one is a moving, overtly familiar underdog tale which tells the true story of a team of underprivileged kids who participate in a national chess tournament in New Zealand. The other is a…
Movie Review: ‘Sleeping Giant’
The title of the film Sleeping Giant refers to a piece of land sitting by Lake Superior, a beautiful locale of high ridges, green thickets and peaceful waters. These images haunt the film’s opening moments, but before we can truly…
10 Fantasy Books that HBO Should Adapt
Season six of Game of Thrones is sure to be the largest spectacle of the previous seasons. Without the guidance of George R.R. Martin’s books, the show has never been truly more unpredictable, and with all the hype it has received, it’s…
Movie Review: ‘Above and Below’
Above and Below is a documentary that cherishes the little moments of its characters, but dreads the crushing overarching reality of their lives and, in a strange way, our own. We are given three stories, each one unique enough to…
