film review
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Our Rating: 8/10 Documentaries work best when they stop pretending neutrality is the goal. Girls State does not pretend. This political coming of age documentary follows teenage girls participating in a week long immersive leadership programme designed to simulate American government. On paper, it sounds procedural. In practice, it becomes a micro study of power,…
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Our Rating 7/10 This is not a film interested in speed. The Testament of Ann Lee moves with intention, almost austerity. It resists spectacle. It resists easy moral framing. Instead, it lingers in the uneasy space between faith and power. The story centres on Ann Lee, founder of the Shaker movement, a woman who claimed…
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Our Rating: 6/10 There is something undeniably cinematic about a period action thriller set against harsh coastal terrain. The Bluff understands the power of environment. Set in the 19th century Caribbean, the feature film stars Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Karl Urban, with Ismael Cruz Cordova, Safia Oakley-Green and Vedanten Naidoo, and follows a former female…
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Our Rating: 6.5/10 There is something almost impossible about sustaining a franchise built on self awareness. The original Scream deconstructed horror while being horror. Every sequel since has had to comment on itself while still delivering the goods. Scream 7 understands the formula. It knows the beats. It knows the audience expects commentary layered over…
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