Category Archives: Reviews

Review: Suspiria (2018)

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Remaking Suspiria is a dicey proposition. Daria Argento’s 1977 film is a towering and effective mood piece. It straddles the line between being a nightmarish Technicolor fairy tale and feeling like a nasty snuff film- conjured by its supernatural antagonist. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Films, Reviews | Tagged 1977, Dakota Johnson, Daria Argento, Goblin, Luca Guadaginino, Stanley Kubrick, Suspiria, The Shining, Thom Yorke, Tilda Swinton, Volk, West Berlin | 2 Comments

Review: Halloween (2018)

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

John Carpenter’s Halloween was a minimalist masterpiece with an effortlessly versatile central antagonist. He was as much an unconscious manifestation of male aggression to the central heroine, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis), as he was the proverbial bogeyman- walking among … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Films, Reviews | Tagged Andi Matichak, David Gordon Green, Dr Samuel Loomis, Halloween, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Carpenter, Judy Greer, Laurie Strode, Michael Myers, Slasher Films, Slasher Genre, The Shape | 1 Comment

Review: The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (BFI London Film Festival)

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

By all that is sane and fair, Terry Gilliam’s long-awaited adaptation of Cervantes’s monumental comic novel- Don Quixote, is finally here. While the film’s sheer existence is a cause for celebration, keeping the long and arduous journey to the screen … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Films, Film Festivals, Indie Cinema, Rare Post, Rare Reviews, Reviews | Tagged 2018, Adam Driver, BFI London Film Festival, Cervantes, Don Quixote, Jonathan Pryce, Knight of the Rueful Countenance, Lost in La Mancha, Terry Gilliam, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote | Leave a comment

Review: BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Posted on August 27, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

BlacKkKlansman spins a fiendishly hilarious yarn that would even make Kirk Lazarus from Tropic Thunder pause in sheer bemusement. Set in the early seventies, BlacKkKlansman chronicles Detective Ron Stallworth’s (John David Washington) infiltration and subsequent exposure of a local Ku … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Films, Reviews | Tagged Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman, Blaxploitation, Gone with the Wind, John David Washington, Laura Harrier, Ron Stallworth, Scarlett O'Hara, Spike Lee | 1 Comment

Review: The Incredibles 2 (2018)

Posted on July 23, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

In hindsight, it’s hard not to view Brad Bird’s 2004 animated feature- The Incredibles as a breezy, heartfelt and sobering postmodern bow to the minuscule superhero genre that existed in the early 2000s. Through its family-focused story, the film grappled … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018, 2018 Films, Reviews | Tagged Avengers Infinity War, Black Panther, Brad Bird, Craig T Nelson, Elastic Girl, Holly Hunter, John Ratzenberger, Mr Incredible, Pixar, Screenslaver, Superhero, The Incredibles | Leave a comment

Initial Impression: Isle of Dogs (2018)

Posted on April 2, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs is a return to stop-motion animation for the pristine American auteur. The form and style was a revelation for his adaptation of Roald Dahl’s Fantastic Mr Fox. With its lightning cuts and the juxtaposition between … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Films, Initial Impression, Reviews | Tagged Akira Kurosawa, Alexandre Desplat, Bottle Rocket, Byran Cranston, Edward Norton, Isle of Dogs, Japan, Japanese Culture, Jeff Goldblum, Scarlett Johansson, Wes Anderson | Leave a comment

Review: Pacific Rim Uprising (2018)

Posted on March 28, 2018 by Sartaj Govind Singh

Pacific Rim Uprising is an excited adolescent of a movie that breathlessly dashes about the place with sugary notions of family and identity in the manner of the most well-intentioned Power Rangers episode. The sequel takes place ten years after … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 Films, Reviews | Tagged Godzilla, Guillermo del Toro, Ishirō Honda, Jaeger, Kaiju, Lorne Balfe, Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim Uprising, Power Rangers, Ramin Djawadi, Steven S. DeKnight | Leave a comment