Georgia Angus‘SWEET COUNTRY’: SOMEWHERE BETWEEN THE FLESH AND THE PITHFirst came the upward sweep of Samson & Delilah (2009) into the annals of Australian mythology, one of the few departures from the colonial…Mar 4, 2018Mar 4, 2018
Georgia AngusThe Florida Project: No Pot of Gold at the end of the American Dream“I wish that leprechaun was nice.”Nov 30, 2017Nov 30, 2017
Georgia AngusBlades, Stakes, And Losing NumbnessDennis Villeneuve (Sicario [2015], Arrival [2016] and many other features) has taken up the Ridley Scott torch with confidence and precise…Nov 13, 20171Nov 13, 20171
Georgia AngusMACHINES: VOYEURS & VILLIANSRahul Jain’s debut, Machines (2017), investigates the inner workings of a textile factory in India. The film explores the factory floor…Sep 1, 2017Sep 1, 2017
Georgia AngusMY HAPPY FAMILY: NOT MANANA, BUT TODAYThe second feature from directors Nana Ekvitimishvili and Simon Groβ (self titled duo ‘Nana & Simon’), My Happy Family (2017), follows…Aug 9, 2017Aug 9, 2017
Georgia AngusCALL ME BY YOUR NAME, NARCISSUSCall Me By Your Name is Luca Guadagnino’s fifth feature. An atmospheric, nostalgic and lust-riddled Bildingsroman, the film was adapted…Aug 9, 2017Aug 9, 2017
Georgia AngusBABY DRIVER: INTO THE GROUND, BABEHighly anticipated, severely overcooked, Edgar Wright’s latest feature, Baby Driver (2017) is an action, music and cringe-packed Hot Mess…Aug 1, 2017Aug 1, 2017
Georgia AngusTHE BEGUILED: LEGLESS, BUT NOT IN THE GOOD WAYSofia Coppola’s latest feature, The Beguiled (2017), dances directly past the spine of its topic. The disregard for the social-historical…Jul 21, 20171Jul 21, 20171
Georgia AngusTHE GOLDFINCH: LUSTRE IN PERPETUITY?Enigmatic to the last, Tartt, will we really have to wait till 2023 till the next novel from you? As with The Secret History (1992), and…Jul 21, 20171Jul 21, 20171
Georgia AngusLADY MACBETH: “And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty…”William Oldroyd’s period adaptation, Lady Macbeth (2016), has a narrative thread that slowly but surely spools onto the spindle of mishap…Jul 6, 2017Jul 6, 2017