Columbus is a tentatively sweet and emotionally-pressing masterpiece – It opens in the UK on 5 October. Continue reading
Author Archives: Amelia Vandergast
![The Thing About Beecher’s Gate: Dir. Jeremy Herbert [Short Film Review]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2018/10/the-shed.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "The Thing About Beecher’s Gate: Dir. Jeremy Herbert [Short Film Review]")
The Thing About Beecher’s Gate: Dir. Jeremy Herbert [Short Film Review]
A clever, suspenseful indie horror short from Jeremy Herbert… Continue reading
For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween review: Dir. Paul Downey [Indie Review]
For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween will be released this October. Continue reading
Under the Tree review: Dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (2018)
Under The Tree is anxiously engrossing urban satire – It opens in the UK on 10th August. Continue reading
FrenProm review: “Heart-in-mouth hilarity at the expense of masculine immaturity” [Indie Review]
FrenProm is a strange, insane and heart-warming indie mockumentary that’s well worth catching. Continue reading
![Jordan’s Cake: Dir. Shanalyna Cp [Short Film Review]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/img_2202.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Jordan’s Cake: Dir. Shanalyna Cp [Short Film Review]")
Jordan’s Cake: Dir. Shanalyna Cp [Short Film Review]
Jordan’s Cake is a message of hope to families with children on the spectrum, which also has the potential to completely challenge the contemporary misconceptions of children with autism. Continue reading
Walk With Me DVD review: “Transformative cinema at its finest”
Walk With Me is a self-exploratory treat, that is so poignantly paced you can immerse in every breath, twig snap, boot in the dirt, beat of the drum and birdsong. Continue reading
![Bong of the Living Dead review: “Satirical stoner slapstick” [Indie Review]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/bong-of-the-living-dead-still-1.jpg?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "Bong of the Living Dead review: “Satirical stoner slapstick” [Indie Review]")
Bong of the Living Dead review: “Satirical stoner slapstick” [Indie Review]
With a name like Bong of the Living Dead, I didn’t anticipate more than stoner slapstick to the horror-comedy but thankfully this indie film delivered much more. Continue reading
Pyewacket DVD Review: “A contemporary score that bleeds deviant angst”
In a bold move Pyewacket writer and director Adam Macdonald creates a contemporary score that bleeds pure deviant angst Continue reading
Gook DVD review: “A sobering struggle of rigid racial tension”
Intense, interesting and always surprisingly different. Continue reading
![The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]](https://criticalpopcorn.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/the-childish-thing-still-6.png?w=290&h=290&crop=1 "The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]")
The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]
It plays on this fear of bittersweet, gut-ripping nostalgia perfectly whilst being pretty silly but who doesn’t like silly things? Continue reading
Brimstone DVD review: “A piously palpable western with Dakota Fanning in her best role yet”
Martin Koolhoven’s inexplicable feminist masterpiece with all the blood, gore and pistols of your traditional westerns. Continue reading
Makala review: “Emmanual Gras’ piercingly resonant chronicles of burden and pride”
Makala observational footage offers you a rare, un-orchestrated glimpse into one mans determination with no façade. Continue reading
Strawberry Flavored Plastic review: “An intricate view into the alchemy of the psychopath” [Indie Review]
Strawberry Flavored Plastic is a film that proves that you don’t need a ridiculously high budget to create a sensationally palpable piece of cinema. Continue reading
R.E.M.: Out of Athens review: “The ultimate ode to R.E.M.’s roots”
R.E.M: Out of Athens proves to be one of the most candid explorations of the band that fans have been treated to in decades. Continue reading
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