There are two distinctly different films packed into the eighty-three minute runtime of Saint Maud (Rose Glass, 2019). One is a suffocating psychological drama about the festering, corruptible nature of Christian faith in an isolated mind, while the other seeks … Continue reading Saint Maud // Review
Illustrations by Lola Fleming and Ciarán Butler. Connor Howlett (Film Editor) The idea behind this Film Club is to pick a film that I think deserves more attention, and set my deputies and another TN2er the homework of watching it. They’ll … Continue reading Film Club 2: Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann
Illustrations by Ren O’Hare, Lola Fleming and Ciarán Butler. Originally published in the Summer Issue 2020. Connor Howlett (Film Editor) The idea behind this Film Club is to pick a film that I think deserves more attention, and set my … Continue reading Film Club 1: Ryan Coogler’s Fruitvale Station
○○○○○ I really wanted to like this movie. Truly, I did. A number of weeks ago, I wrote a piece lambasting the filmography of Christopher Nolan for its superficial character work, hollow themes and rampantly misogynistic storytelling tropes, and while … Continue reading Tenet // Review James McCleary reviews the cinematic event of the summer
It would not be an overstatement to suggest that there has been some controversy in recent months regarding the attitudes of filmmakers like Christopher Nolan in the face of this unprecedented global pandemic. Nolan has infamously been pushing for a … Continue reading Christopher Nolan’s Cinema of Regression
●○○○○ It is rare in this modern cinematic utopia, where an increasing number of new and exciting voices are being channelled the lens of a camera, for a film to come along that is so utterly without thought or merit. … Continue reading The Old Guard // REVIEW
“Sound is 50% of the moviegoing experience.” – George Lucas There are very few filmmaking components as well-equipped to establish a distinctive voice as the score. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982) is arguably more recognisable for Vangelis’ game-changing synthetic … Continue reading Elitism and Complacency: The Trouble with Hollywood Film Scores
Many of my generation went through the most significant developmental phase of our lives over the last decade, and many of us were influenced by cinema and the stories it showed to us. Maybe we fell in love (I did, … Continue reading Formative Films of the Decade Originally Published in Print February 2019
Best International Feature Film – Peter Horan Dolor y Gloria / Pain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar, 2019) Sensitive and sensuous in equal measure, Pain and Glory is an intensely personal piece for Spanish auteur, Pedro Almodóvar. Although not quite autobiographical, … Continue reading Three Other Oscar Nominations
●●●●● There is something uniquely chilling about locked room horror movies. These are the films that isolate their characters to a tiny, claustrophobic location and chronicle their slow descent into violent madness, often over an excruciatingly long and deliberate span … Continue reading Vivarium // Review
Joker (Todd Phillips) Contrary to popular belief, Joker did not change the world. I still remember reading those first social media reactions back when it first premiered in August and being excited, if a little confused, by some of the initial … Continue reading Tn2’s Oscars Buzz Part Two Two of our writers break down this year’s Best Picture nominations. Part two of two.
●●○○○ Fleets of starships looming impressively over bright and brilliant planets, Shakespearean actors confidently babbling about the ethos of space travel, and aliens with funny ears scheming against humanity. I am not a fan of Star Trek, having never followed … Continue reading Star Trek: Picard // Review