Connor Lightbody
REVIEW: SPENCER: Intoxicating Study Of A Fragile Royal
Lady Diana Frances Windsor née Spencer ponders her legacy in Pablo Larraìn’s hazily sweet psychological dive into “the people’s...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 42 min read
REVIEW: LES PROMESSES, Too Busy Political Thriller
Absolute power corrupts absolutely in Les Promesses a biting political thriller that isn’t afraid to move, but one with a few too many...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 43 min read
REVIEW: ATLANTIDE Is Just Bad Vibes
Italian director Yuri Ancarani declares in his Venice Film Festival statement that “Atlantide is a film that began without a...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 33 min read
REVIEW: DON'T WORRY DARLING, Wilde's Wonderland Is Not So Fun
Olivia Wilde’s sophomore effort, Don’t Worry Darling, a film that wears its message loudly, proudly and with barefaced cheek, opens with...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 33 min read
REVIEW: THE WHALE, Moby Dick Riffing Chamber Piece Almost Capsizes
This review first appeared for Jumpcut Online on September 4th 2022 as part of Venice Film Festival coverage After 2017’s critically...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 34 min read
REVIEW: LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, Vibrant Paranormal Excursion Into Murky Soho Is Fun But Embarrasingly Toothless
Edgar Wright, acclaimed cult director of Baby Driver and Hot Fuzz fame, directs Last Night In Soho with a breezy smoothness, but this...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 33 min read
REVIEW: SHE IS LOVE, Improvised Romance is Harmless But Flimsy
This review was posted on October 19th 2022 for JumpCut Online as part of London Film Festival During Jamie Adams’ whimsical, flimsy...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: THE BEASTS, A Gnarly and Barbarous Expatriate Thriller
In 2010, Dutchman Martin Verfondern disappeared from a rustic Spanish village in Ourense. His disappearance and the subsequent...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 34 min read
REVIEW: ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET is An Unapolgetically Sweet Look At Teenage Sexuality
In 1970, Judy Blume’s eponymous novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was published. The book, a grounded curtail pull on teenage...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: POOR THINGS, Electrifying Frankenstein Parable Is Beautfiul Chaos
Yorgos Lanthimos’ eclectic filmography unabashedly refuses to engage with normality, and it is all the better for it. Between the weirdly...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT Documentary Enjoys The Same Carefree Spirit As It's Protagonist
In 2013, Australian Cj Hendry dropped out of Queensland University to pursue an art career, a business that is both lucrative and often...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: THE FUTURE, Messy High-Concept Sci-Fi Drama Squanders Potential
In the world that The Future director and scriptwriter Noam Kaplan envisions, there is no terrorism. It’s quashed early, before the...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: YOUR FAT FRIEND Is A Moving, Myopic Tale Of Aubrey Gordon's Journey
In 2016, Aubrey Gordon found herself penning a letter to a friend. It pertained to the way Aubrey felt about her experiences as a fat...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
FEATURE: No, ORIGIN didn't need to be a documentary
We are often told that films are an escape from our real lives. We love watching two hours of pictures lighting up a screen at 24 frames...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: LONG DECEMBER, Big Hearted Imitation Of Better Genre Entries
Movies about ‘making it’ in the music industry have had a fluctuating sense of appeal over the years. This is thanks to the variation of...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: SKIN DEEP Is A Rote And Confused Body Dysmorphia Analogy
Within the sub-genre of body-swap films, more often than not, the ‘swaps’ (themselves usually occurring after some mythical hoopla, the...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 32 min read
REVIEW: REALITY, Sydney Sweeney Is Excellent In Verbatim FBI Drama
To put it mildly, the Donald Trump presidency had a few bumps in the road, and several controversies marred his election. One of those...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: THE BLUE CAFTAN, Queer Drama Sewn Together With Unconditional Love
in 2019, the Moroccan government prosecuted 122 people for same-sex sexual activity. It remains illegal to this day as per the 1962 penal...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
REVIEW: STAY AWAKE Disects The Opioid Crisis From A Different Perspective
In recent years, America’s opioid crisis has found itself being tackled more and more by filmmakers. ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED –...
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Connor Lightbody
Jan 31 min read
INTERVIEW: Sean McCarron on CORVINE
I Growing up is never easy, especially when you’re deemed an outcast. In competition at Tribeca this year was CORVINE, an animated short...
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