Is it too soon to talk about go-to themes and styles where director Robert Eggers is concerned? He has, after all, only made three features to date; who knows, he could head somewhere very different next time he works. A comedy musical perhaps. But, let’s indulge ourselves here and look at what he does seem […]
By Guest Contributor Matt Harries In an era where a phrase such as ‘world building’ has entered the lexicon of the expectant cinema-goer, it is all too easy for the brightest lights, most groundbreaking camera work and most stupendous action sequences to steal the hearts and minds of the viewer. Conversely, it seems that all […]
I’d almost forgotten about Alejandro Amenábar. Having come to prominence with 1997’s Abre Los Ojos AKA Open Your Eyes, a psychological drama with a bizarre sci-fi twist (which later spawned an inferior remake in the Tom Cruise/Cameron Crowe movie Vanilla Sky), the Spanish director really broke big with 2001’s The Others. Ghost stories with an […]
By Keri O’Shea Often times, the thing that makes or breaks a dystopian horror is its level of plausibility. Could we – honestly – foresee a scenario which at all resembles that which is depicted in our film? Is it all a little too close for comfort? It’s a fine line to walk though; too […]