REVIEW: Wild Rose (2019)

Tom Harper’s Wild Rose is this year’s answer to 2018’s Hearts Beat Loud or perhaps 2016’s Sing Street; a rewatchable, toe-tapping search for stardom bolstered by an emphatic soundtrack. It’s a tale about embracing who you are and where you come from with a tint of poetic social realism – the backbone of many contemporary British […]

INTERVIEW: Lukasz Zal On Working With Pawel Pawlikowski And His Vision For “Cold War”

Originally written for Jumpcut Online Lukasz Zal is one of the most inspiring and expressive cinematographers working today. Making his feature DP debut with Pawel Pawlikowski’s 2013 Oscar-winning foreign film “Ida”, Zal went on to work on six projects with his creative imprint on each story, including the wonderful oil-painted stop motion animation “Loving Vincent”. By reuniting […]

REVIEW: If Beale Street Could Talk (2019)

In the wake of overdue social movements dedicated to campaigning against racial injustice (particularly Black Lives Matter in America), cinema has been met with a welcomed insurgency of stories depicting the lives and hardships of African-Americans. While recent examples include this year’s Best Picture-nominated “BlackKklansman” or last year’s lesser-known “Blindspotting”, a special mention must also […]