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Author Archives: Amelia Vandergast

Columbus review: Dir. Kogonada (2018)
Film Reviews

Columbus review: Dir. Kogonada (2018)

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

Columbus is a tentatively sweet and emotionally-pressing masterpiece – It opens in the UK on 5 October. Continue reading →

The Thing About Beecher’s Gate: Dir. Jeremy Herbert [Short Film Review]
Indie Film

The Thing About Beecher’s Gate: Dir. Jeremy Herbert [Short Film Review]

Posted on Oct 4, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

A clever, suspenseful indie horror short from Jeremy Herbert… Continue reading →

Indie Film

For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween review: Dir. Paul Downey [Indie Review]

Posted on Aug 6, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

For the Love of the Boogeyman: 40 Years of Halloween will be released this October. Continue reading →

Film Reviews

Under the Tree review: Dir. Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson (2018)

Posted on Aug 5, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

Under The Tree is anxiously engrossing urban satire – It opens in the UK on 10th August. Continue reading →

Indie Film

FrenProm review: “Heart-in-mouth hilarity at the expense of masculine immaturity” [Indie Review]

Posted on Jul 24, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

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]
Indie Film

Jordan’s Cake: Dir. Shanalyna Cp [Short Film Review]

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

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”
Home Entertainment

Walk With Me DVD review: “Transformative cinema at its finest”

Posted on Apr 25, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • 2 Comments

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]
Indie Film

Bong of the Living Dead review: “Satirical stoner slapstick” [Indie Review]

Posted on Apr 21, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

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 →

Home Entertainment

Pyewacket DVD Review: “A contemporary score that bleeds deviant angst”

Posted on Apr 15, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

In a bold move Pyewacket writer and director Adam Macdonald creates a contemporary score that bleeds pure deviant angst Continue reading →

Home Entertainment

Gook DVD review: “A sobering struggle of rigid racial tension”

Posted on Apr 3, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

Intense, interesting and always surprisingly different. Continue reading →

The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]
Indie Film

The Childish Thing: “Jeremy Herbert invites you to feel the fuzzy fear” [Indie Review]

Posted on Mar 25, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • 1 Comment

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”
Home Entertainment

Brimstone DVD review: “A piously palpable western with Dakota Fanning in her best role yet”

Posted on Feb 17, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

Martin Koolhoven’s inexplicable feminist masterpiece with all the blood, gore and pistols of your traditional westerns. Continue reading →

Film Reviews

Makala review: “Emmanual Gras’ piercingly resonant chronicles of burden and pride”

Posted on Feb 2, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

Makala observational footage offers you a rare, un-orchestrated glimpse into one mans determination with no façade. Continue reading →

Film Reviews / Indie Film

Strawberry Flavored Plastic review: “An intricate view into the alchemy of the psychopath” [Indie Review]

Posted on Jan 24, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

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”
Music

R.E.M.: Out of Athens review: “The ultimate ode to R.E.M.’s roots”

Posted on Jan 15, 2018 by Amelia Vandergast • Leave a comment

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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