REVIEWS

Deep in the icy heart of the tundra reside a rock band known as the Leningrad Cowboys. With their long winklepickers and impossibly high...

Michio is an unassuming engineering scientist struggling with his latest project: a robotic chair that would grant the paralysed...

After his best friend Jack Benny passed away in 1974, George Burns took over his role in Herbert Ross's brilliant adaptation of 'The...

One man is a famed mystery novelist, Andrew Wyke, the other is a braggadocios young businessman named Milo Tindle. One day, they meet in...

The tattoos always give it away, whether they belong to someone young or old. They are a signifier for a Yakuza member like a Tommy Gun...

From the twisted minds of Takashi Miike and Sakichi Sato comes this atmospheric and absurd crime comedy about a Yakuza underlings' quest...

Takeshi Kitano has never played by the rules- unless it's just so he can break them. Ever since his directorial debut ‘Violent Cop’, he’s...

Not so long ago, artificial intelligence was more of a sci-fi punchline than a powerhouse. Robots were clunky, glitch-prone and about as...

Ever since his big screen debut in Joel Schumacher’s ‘Tigerland,’ Shea Whigham has been a compelling force. Consistently reliable, he has...

For people suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder, life can be hellish. The affliction leaves individuals crippled by anxiety and...

In 2022, Jesse Eisenberg’s directorial debut, ‘When You Finish Saving the World,’ was released. A comic drama about the contentious...

In 2021, Rachel Yoder’s debut novel ‘Nightbitch’ was released, to critical acclaim. Partly-autobiographical, the surreal story was...

For gorehounds, Damien Leone’s 2016 offering ‘Terrifier’ was a bloody good time. A violent splatter-fest that didn’t try to be anything...

In 1989, investigative journalists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar released ‘Barbarians At The Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco,’ considered...

Most people accept that the ‘Golden Age of Advertising’ was the 1950’s, 60's and 70’s, and that the ingenuity and brilliance of the advertising executives of that time has failed to pass to their successors. Despite this, there have been affecting, effective advertisements since. For instance, the J.R. Hartley ad for the Yellow Pages in 1983- following Hartley in his quest to find somewhere that stocks his fishing guide- was so popular it spawned two books written by the fict

For some, the promise of Nicolas Cage playing a psychopathic, red-haired Bostonian is simply irresistible. The actor has delivered many...

Hana and Alice are best friends about to enter high school. One day, they see Masashi, a boy about their age, on board a train. Alice...

In 2019, Takeshi Kitano released ‘Kubi,’ a Samurai novel, retelling the events of the 1582 Honnō-ji incident, in which the powerful...

It is 1977, and Johnny Carson reigns supreme over the world of late night television. Looking to usurp his throne is Jack Delroy, host of...

It is 1988, and Czech bachelor František Louka is struggling to make ends meet. A talented cellist, his main source of employment is...