Film Festivals 2014
Under the Skin ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Scarlett Johansson
An unnamed woman, played by Scarlett Johansson with unshakably alluring menace, cruises the streets of Scotland in a cargo van looking for men. She's... Read more
Charlie's Country (2013)
7.2/10
Director: Rolf de Heer
Starring: David Gulpilil, Peter Djiggir, Luke Ford
The great Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil won the Un Certain Regard acting award at Cannes for this mesmerising performance closely reflect... Read more
Under the Skin (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Scarlett Johansson
An unnamed woman, played by Scarlett Johansson with unshakably alluring menace, cruises the streets of Scotland in a cargo van looking for men. She's... Read more
The Double (2013)
6.5/10
Director: Richard Ayoade
Starring: Cathy Moriarty, James Fox, Noah Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Jesse Eisenberg, Mia Wasi...
Deadpan Richard Ayoade's follow-up to the terrifically spiky teen black comedy Submarine is a Dostoevsky-inspired tale of a nerdy office clerk, Simon... Read more
Joe (2013)
6.9/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Tye Sheridan
A rough Mississippi backwoodsman (Nicolas Cage) takes a neglected teen (Mud's Tye Sheridan) under his wing in David Gordon Green's atmospheric and af... Read more
The Babadook (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Jennifer Kent
Starring: Essie Davis, Daniel Henshall, Noah Wiseman, Hayley McElhinney, Barbara West, Ben...
Baba-dook-dook-dook joins Candyman and Bloody Mary as words too terrifying to say, but too tempting not to, thanks to Australian writer-director... Read more
Still Life (2013)
7.4/10
Director: Uberto Pasolini
Starring: Joanne Froggatt, Eddie Marsan
Still Life is a poignant drama about a lonely, sweetly idealistic man who finds fulfilment in helping everyone but himself. For over 22 years, life fo... Read more
Housebound (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Gerard Johnstone
Starring: Rima Te Wiata, Ryan Lampp, Mick Innes, Morgana O'Reilly, Glen-Paul Waru, Ross Ha...
Funny, suspenseful and freighted with fright bombs, Housebound could easily be the most energising fun youve ever had at a New Zealand movie. Its a... Read more
The Rover (2014)
6.4/10
Director: David Michod
Starring: Guy Pearce, Scoot McNairy, Robert Pattinson
The promise of Australian director David Michôds debut feature, Animal Kingdom, is amply realized in The Rover, a post-apocalyptic road movie of sort... Read more
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (2013)
7.1/10
Director: David Trueba
Starring: Javier Camara, Natalia de Molina, Francesc Colomer, Jorge Sanz
Scooping Spains Goya Awards this year (Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Actor, New Actress and Original Score), Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed is... Read more