Category Archives: 2017 Films

Russian Film Week II: All Will End Soon (2017)

Posted on November 28, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

All Will End Soon is the directorial debut from Aleksei Rybin, who previously worked in the Russian film industry as a screenwriter as well as being the guitarist for the Soviet rock band- Kino. The picture is a dramatic illustration of … Continue reading →

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Brief Consideration: Wonder Woman (2017)

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Like its titular character, Wonder Woman is a bright, graceful and sweepingly optimistic picture. Ostensibly functioning as a prequel to Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice; the film charts the journey of the young Amazonian Princess Diana, (an effervescent and … Continue reading →

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Review: mother! (2017)

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Darren Aronofsky makes films that emotionally and thematically aim for the rafters; however, his recent film- Mother, endeavours for the stratosphere and beyond. The picture is a potently off-kilter Gothic infused Ibsen chamber piece about the battle between the ego … Continue reading →

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Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Blade Runner 2049 opens with a close-up of an eye with an immediate follow-up image of someone looking up at a large silver coloured circular structure. Much like the opening shots of the original film, which illustrated the desire and … Continue reading →

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Initial Impression: It (2017)

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Of late the mainstream money-spinners in the horror genre have been films that are constructed like elaborate and intricate games of peekaboo, jolting the audience into a temporary shocked reaction, which in the end is unfulfilling and tiresome. In the … Continue reading →

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Review: War for the Planet of the Apes (2017)

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

War for the Planet of the Apes is a bludgeoning film of empty, and meaningless metaphors wrapped up in the clothing of presumed depth. It’s the sort of picture that feigns profundity, but instead, collapses under the weight of its … Continue reading →

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Review: Dunkirk (2017)

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Dunkirk is an audacious and brutal war picture that shell shocks with a furious invention and skilled cinematic craftsmanship. Told in a triptych structure: the film depicts the Dunkirk evacuation from the perspective of three Spitfire pilots who patrol the … Continue reading →

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Initial Impression: Logan (2017)

Posted on July 16, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Logan is a Film Noir in Western clothing. The sombre and significant final outing for Hugh Jackman’s interpretation of Wolverine is striking in its evocation of the classic American genre. Rather than existing in a heightened expressionistic world of shadowy … Continue reading →

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Concise Review: Spider-Man Homecoming (2017)

Posted on July 9, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Spider-Man Homecoming is more a pat on the back with half measured niceties than a triumphant and cheer-inducing return. The sixteenth Marvel picture in the cinematic canon boasts an adolescent high school Peter Parker, (Tom Holland) whose desire of wanting … Continue reading →

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Early Review: Baby Driver (2017)

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Sartaj Govind Singh

With Baby Driver, Edgar Wright has crafted a sly, whimsical and hardening genre film that emanates with wry invention and visual exuberance: even if it lacks the rich thematic depth, ingenious mosaic comic construction and witticisms of the British director’s … Continue reading →

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