Leo BartonFeb 19, 20186 min readCan the Cinema be a Safe-Space for Discrimination? Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Living in the 21st century, we are very used to satirical humour playing on a line between political correctness and offensive. Satire by...
Leo BartonFeb 11, 20183 min readIchi the Killer: Expectation via Reputation Takashi Miike controls us in exactly the way Kakihara controls his victims throughout their brutal torture and slaughter. We are...
Leo BartonFeb 4, 20183 min readYi yi: A One and a Two: Long Periods with CharactersThirty minutes in and I find myself slightly alienated by Yi yi—not sure whether it was simply my mood, the film’s opening or the...
Leo BartonJan 28, 20183 min readThe Housemaid (1960/2010): The right to be called a remake.Comparing Kim Kiyoung and Im Sangsoo’s films of the same title is no easy feat, even though many sources will tell you that Im’s film is...
Leo BartonJan 21, 20184 min readDarkest Hour: What’s in a Face?Winston Churchill holds an iconic visage immediately recognisable to any and all Brits, regardless of generation. Thus it is...
Leo BartonJan 14, 20183 min readStoker: Reinventing the ‘Mistake’Fragmented images linger in the corners of frames, characters are framed with vast headroom, inserts of fractions of seconds only showing...
Thinc FilmJan 8, 20182 min readGood Time - A Vibrant Meal with Little FlavourThe Safdie Brothers' latest release GOOD TIME delivers an exciting crime-drama that is not scared of hitting the high notes but...
Thinc FilmJan 2, 20184 min readOur Picks of 2017Dragonfly Eyes ~ Leo's Pick Choosing films from a festival catalogue is mostly lucky dip, and can really just come down to the stills,...
Leo BartonDec 30, 20173 min readMurder on the Orient Express: Classics, Stars and leaving the audience out of the mystery.As I had a number of hours to kill before my night-bus from Tokyo to Kyoto I decided to give Murder on the Orient Express a...
Leo BartonDec 23, 20173 min readThe Importance of Restriction: The Seeds of Violence The Seeds of Violence’s (2017) primary achievement is it’s phenomenal devotion to its style. It utilises an extreme form of cinematic...
Thinc FilmDec 18, 20172 min readGet Out - A Film That Does Not Fall on Deaf EarsJordan Peele's directorial debut has rightfully been one of the most talked about films this year. It most certainly caught me by...
Leo BartonDec 16, 20173 min readMother!: To See but Never TouchDarren Aronofsky’s latest film continues in the footsteps of much of his career whereby he takes a select set of emotions and introduces...
Leo BartonDec 10, 20172 min readLoving Vincent: Backgrounds in Different MediumsLoving Vincent presents us with a nuanced form of animation, producing full paintings of live-action footage in the style of the legend...
Thinc FilmDec 10, 20172 min readAn All Too Human Ghost StoryDavid Lowery's sincere 'A Ghost Story' starts by testing your patience and proceeds to test your ability to keep in the tears. My...
Thinc FilmDec 2, 20172 min readRethinking the Rating SystemWhat information do we really get from a rating system, be it out of five, ten or one hundred? To many it’s simply a measure of whether...
