Movie Review: Lost in Paris

Lost in Paris, the new film by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, is the ultimate cinematic irritant. I imagine its target audience as the type of person who could watch The Grand Budapest Hotel and find it to be neither mannered nor detached…

10 Films that Revised the Western

Hell or High Water is shaping up to become one of the most notable modern examples of the revisioned western. To mark its release I’m going to be talking about a subgenre of one of the most celebrated traditions of American…

Interview: Quentin Tarantino brings ‘The Hateful Eight’ 70mm Roadshow Down Under

Like the movies he creates, Quentin Tarantino is larger than life. Any real cinephile needs no introduction to the auteur. I’ve had the pleasure twice now to talk with this genuine top bloke. You always shoot your movies on film.…

70mm Cinema: Days of Future Past

Having now finally seen the 70mm roadshow cut of Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, I can firmly say that it was one of the most transcendent moviegoing experiences I’ve ever had. The relish of seeing a modern-day film shot on a film…

Graphic Violence: A universal language in cinema

There is a great divide in the way violence is depicted in movies, which doesn’t really surprise me. Today, excessive violence in film has essentially replaced the trademarks of quality cinema. For most horror films, gore and shocking violence have…

The Young Folks’ Best Movies of 2015

The Young Folks team has come together to list the very best in entertainment and pop culture for the year 2015! 2015 was a wonderfully eclectic year in movies. We got two of the biggest movies ever: Jurassic World and…

Movie Review: ‘The Hateful Eight’

Quentin Tarantino, the only contemporary director of a blaxploitation film, a samurai movie and a Nazi revenge fantasy, baptizes his audiences in blood, rebirthing them through vengeance. But what’s most fascinating about Tarantino’s latest three films – Inglorious Bastards, Django…