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The Showboating Must Go On: Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman (2014) –...
Kinnemaniac Iñárritu collides digital cinema with classical stagecraft. Plenty to argue over, until his sour conclusions show just as much tunnel vision as his one-shot showboating Birdman or (The...
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Avian Awareness: Roy Andersson’s A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On...
Kinnemaniac Don’t you think it’s funny that nothing’s what it seems? Roy Andersson does, as bleak comedy emerges from life’s pallid, surreal woes. A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (Roy...
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Surreal Songs: The Roy Andersson Collection – Blu-ray review
Kinnemaniac The Roy Andersson Collection (out now) brings together three of the Swedish director’s previous films to tie in with his latest, A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence. That film...
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Emerald Entertainment: John Ford’s The Quiet Man (1952) – Blu-ray review
Kinnemaniac argaFord’s most barnstorming ‘print the legend’ moment, whose boisterous charm and vivid craft overpower its reactionary, sentimentalised core. The Quiet Man (John Ford, 1952) The usual...
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Puppet Philosophy: Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson’s Anomalisa (2015) – DVD...
Kinnemaniac Charlie Kaufman confirms himself the puppet-master of American indie by merging his sadcore whimsy with animation, to surprisingly emotional effect. Anomalisa (Duke Johnson / Charlie...
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Period Hipster: Whit Stillman’s Love And Friendship (2016) – DVD review
Kinnemaniac Stillman goes period-hipster, bringing his flair for urbane comedy into the world of Jane Austen and giving the stately home genre a cheeky upgrade. Love And Friendship (Whit Stillman,...
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Au hasard, Dachshund – Todd Solondz’s Wiener-Dog (2016) – DVD review
Kinnemaniac A throwback to 1990s shock-satire with one problem – enfant terrible Solondz has grown up and hasn’t figured out how to mix sobriety with scandal. Wiener-Dog (Todd Solondz, 2016) Once upon...
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Welcome To Finland: Aki Kaurismaki’s The Other Side Of Hope (2017) – Blu-ray...
Kinnemaniac Kaurismäki finds the funny side – eventually – to the refugee crisis, in a film whose bittersweet tone is gatecrashed by typically brilliant, deadpan slapstick. The Other Side Of Hope (Aki...
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King of Comedy: Three Films by Buster Keaton on Blu-ray
Kinnemaniac Masters of Cinema has delivered possibly the box-set of the year, a trio of the finest comedies made by Buster Keaton – which is another way of saying, a trio of the finest comedies made by...
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Art Attack: Ruben Ostlund’s The Square (2017) – DVD review
Kinnemaniac If I was to choose a shape to describe Ruben Ostlund’s calmly berserk art-world satire, it would be a dodecahedron, all sharp angles and unexpected directions The Square (Ruben Ostlund,...
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