Twilight of the Warriors (2024) – Reel Review
Director: Soi Cheang | 2h 6mins | Action, Thriller | Languages: Cantonese, Mandarin An immigrant escapes the clutches of a drug lord and ends up in the infamous walled city of Kowloon. As he finds work and a life in the city, he becomes embroiled in Kowloon’s historic rivalries. Kowloon Walled City was at one point one of the most densely populated places on Earth, … Continue reading Twilight of the Warriors (2024) – Reel Review
Longlegs (2024) – Reel Review
Director: Osgood Perkins | 1h 41mins | Horror, Thriller While in the pursuit of a dangerous serial killer, young FBI Agent, Lee Harker, must piece together occult clues in order to stop him. Many people have made the comparison between Osgood Perkins’ new thriller and The Silence of the Lambs, maybe because of the FBI-centric stories or the fact both films have a knack for … Continue reading Longlegs (2024) – Reel Review
The Essential Guide to The Coen Brothers – Part 1
Every filmmaker has their own vision when creating a piece of cinema, trying to convey their personal message with each film they make. With the film industry worth reaching well into the billions every year it would be impossible to see everything that comes out, but sometimes you’ll come out enjoying it so much, keen to see what the filmmakers do next. In this series … Continue reading The Essential Guide to The Coen Brothers – Part 1
Editor’s Pick – Yi Yi (2000)
Director: Edward Yang | 2h 53mins | Drama | Language: Mandarin Multiple generations of a Taipei family reflect on past mistakes and the present relationships of their daily lives. Edward Yang’s modern masterpiece is over 20 years old. Many films have come and gone in that time but what separates Yi Yi and keeps it continuously relevant in the cinematic landscape, is the purity and … Continue reading Editor’s Pick – Yi Yi (2000)
Self Reliance (2023) – Reel Review
Director: Jake Johnson | 1h 25mins | Comedy, Thriller In a bid to get out of his lonely and routined life, Tommy agrees to join a game in which he’s hunted for 30 days. In a list that includes Bo Burnham and Greta Gerwig, New Girl’s Jake Johnson joins a long line of comedy actors hoping to make their mark as a director. While Self … Continue reading Self Reliance (2023) – Reel Review
Madame Web (2024) – Reel Review
Director: S.J. Clarkson | 1h 56mins | Action, Adventure, Fantasy Cassandra Webb, a New York paramedic, starts having visions of the future. While trying to save three teenage girls from a deadly threat, she must confront her past at the same time. Since the MCU brought Spider-Man into their multiverse Sony have struggled to keep a grasp on their rights to the character. Gone are … Continue reading Madame Web (2024) – Reel Review
The Iron Claw (2023) – Reel Review
Director: Sean Durkin | 2h 12mins | Drama, Biography, Sport The true story of the Von Erich family who had a meteoric rise in the world of professional wrestling during the 1980’s. There have been very few films based on pro wrestling and even fewer true stories. Fighting With My Family is the most notable one to date in which we were given a lighter … Continue reading The Iron Claw (2023) – Reel Review
REEL’s Top 15 Films of 2023
This year in film has offered us the highest level of filmmaking from legendary directors and newcomers alike. Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki and Christopher Nolan all gave us something new and fresh to add to their iconic filmographies, but what makes 2023 such a turning point for cinema is the mainstream attention for big budget auteurs. Audiences turned their backs on the formula-heavy comic book movies … Continue reading REEL’s Top 15 Films of 2023
Flora and Son (2023) – Reel Review
Director: John Carney | 1h 37mins | Drama, Comedy, Music A young Irish Mother tries to connect with her son by taking up the guitar. John Carney’s crowd-pleasing latest film is just as you’d expect from a director so passionately obsessed with the connection between people and music, hitting the right notes of sentiment and exploring how music can shape identity as well as become … Continue reading Flora and Son (2023) – Reel Review
Brooklyn 45 (2023) – Reel Review
Director: Ted Geoghegan | Runtime: 1h 32mins | Horror, Drama Just after the end of World War II, a group of decorated veterans meet to support their grieving friend who wants to perform a seance in order to communicate with his late wife. Ted Geoghegan’s multi-layered, multi-genre, chamber piece is a bold mesh of suspenseful Horror and Post-War Drama. Like all the great Horror films … Continue reading Brooklyn 45 (2023) – Reel Review
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