Capturing Modernity: The Challenge of Portraying the Contemporary World

Capturing Modernity: The Challenge of Portraying the Contemporary World

For the first time in cinema history, the most prominent filmmakers of the day are retreating from portraying modern life. Why is this? And what effect does this have? Essay by Noah Sparkes.

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Full Time (2021) EIFF Review

Full Time (2021) EIFF Review

Eric Gravel directs Laure Calamy in ‘Full Time’ – picture the Safdie Brothers directing a film about a single mother. Review by Mark Carnochan.

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10 Best Films 2020: Annice White

10 Best Films 2020: Annice White

In a year without trips to the cinema, a 10 Best Films 2020 list is an interesting one. Annice White’s selections for the 10 Best Films of the Year, available here.

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10 Best Films 2020: Jason Lithgo

10 Best Films 2020: Jason Lithgo

The very best of cinema in 2020 outlined and presented in this list of the 10 Best Films from one of the worst years on record, by Jason Lithgo.

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Heaven Knows What (2014) Review

Heaven Knows What (2014) Review

2014 Safdie Brothers film ‘Heaven Knows What’ is a typically ultra-realist expression of cinema from one of the form’s most revolutionary new partnerships. Leoni Horton reviews.

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Good Time (2017) Review

Good Time (2017) Review

2017 Safdie Brothers release ‘Good Time’ starring Robert Pattinson “is a relentless barrage of anxiety and violence”, a thriller shot in 35mm with an “unsettling, naturalistic aesthetic”. Leoni Horton reviews.

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Real-Time: Examining How the Safdie Brothers Experiment with Naturalistic Cinema

Real-Time: Examining How the Safdie Brothers Experiment with Naturalistic Cinema

Are Josh and Benny Safdie, The Safdie Brothers, the quiet revolutionaries of contemporary cinema? Leoni Horton examines their exploration of naturalistic filmmaking thus far, looking at the likes of ‘Uncut Gems’ and ‘Good Time’.

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10 Best Films 2019: Jacob Davis

10 Best Films 2019: Jacob Davis

The 10 Best Films of 2019, as selected by The Film Magazine’s Jacob Davis based on wide North American release dates.

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Uncut Gems (2019) Review

Uncut Gems (2019) Review

Safdie Brothers film ‘Uncut Gems’ (2019), starring Adam Sandler, brings the myth of Sisyphus to life in a movie that provides “joy in the struggle”, according to Jacob Davis in his review.

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