It’s been a great year for our In Depth section, with a diversity of topics bringing global issues to the fore. Have a dip into our varied articles, and find out our most read articles of 2017!
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It’s A Not-So-Wonderful Life
Here, I present to you a list of 10 of the finest alternative Christmas movies to furnish your festive viewing. And, no, none of them are fucking Die Hard.
Read More 1%
1% marks the latest chapter in the subgenre commonly known as ‘ultra-violent Australian crime movie’.
Read More Loveless
Andrei Zvyagintsev recently told The Guardian that ‘living in Russia is like being in a minefield’. If his latest film is any reflection of reality, then it’s safe to say that he was putting it mildly.
Read More Let the Corpses Tan
Helene Cattet and Bruno Forzani are arguably the most controversial duo in horror. Famed for their mysterious, enigmatic forays into giallo – Amer and The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears – they’re the masters of sellable obscurity. Many have interpreted these pieces as hollow imitations of far more genuine works, or otherwise as meaningless…
Read More Foxtrot
What is Foxtrot? Structurally, this thing is a marvel: Foxtrot does the foxtrot, as main character Joseph explains to his captive audience. 3 steps, and you return to the same place – or, rather, 3 very different acts bookended by the same scene. A lot of the surprises and finesse of the movie come from…
Read More Thoroughbreds
A misanthropic trip into the dark heart of suburbia, Corey Finley’s glossy Thoroughbreds hits all the right notes to craft an esoteric, seductively sinister symphony that shocks and pleases in equal measure.
Read More At My Age, I Still Hide to Smoke
At My Age, I Still Hide to Smoke is a remarkable piece of work: a stunning, bruising critique of oppressive patriarchal society and conservative Islam that’s powerfully incensing and authentically human at the same time.
Read More A Trip to the Moon
Naming your movie after one of the most influential films of all time is a bold move to be sure, and Joaquin Cambre does just that with his bizarre, occasionally brilliant coming-of-age tale set in Argentina. Before beginning, I think it’s important to note that there were considerable issues with the subtitling during the screening…
Read More Scaffolding
Scaffolding is a well-made, thought-out piece of work, but it lacks the gravitas needed to turn a true-life story into a gripping piece of cinema.
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