Arthouse Reviews: Foxcatcher
Bennett Miller’s Foxcatcher is a film about wrestling, but this is no conventional sports tale about the triumph of hard work and determination over adversity, or even a vehicle for another version of the American Dream. Instead, it’s a deeply troubling psychological drama that shows just how fragile that dream is when met with the […]
Arthouse Reviews: Birdman
Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman is already a huge critical success, receiving five star reviews, seven Golden Globe nominations and it’s being widely tipped for Oscar glory. So what does your Arthouse reviewer think? Riggan Thompson, a faded film star remembered for turning down the lead role in a fourth film as Birdman twenty years […]
Arthouse Reviews: The Theory of Everything
It’s difficult not to be affected by the paradox of Stephen Hawking, his body awkwardly twisted and immobile in his wheelchair, while his mind is constantly at work searching for answers to some of the biggest and most mysterious questions about the universe. What’s so cruel and unjust about the motor neurone disease that’s ravaged […]
Arthouse Reviews: Big Eyes
ArtHouse has hosted several Tim Burton screenings over the Christmas period but Big Eyes is far from his usual gothic horror and fantasy blockbuster. Nor is it a trademark Burton film about odd outsider men. Instead it’s the extraordinary story of a real life (and living) woman whose bizarre situation can only be explained by […]
