Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

A man and his Osage wife are at the centre of a series of murders in 1920s Oklahoma in Killers of the Flower Moon. After oil was found on their Oklahoma reservation, the Osage people became wealthy from the development that happened in the county. After returning from the First World War, Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo…

The Whale

The Whale

A morbidly obese man tries to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter in The Whale. Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is a homosexual English professor who ballooned in weight after the tragic death of his partner. After having a near-fatal heart attack, Charlie is told by his nurse and friend Liz (Hong Chau) that he will die…

Brothers

Brothers

The childhood of two siblings are documented by their filmmaker mother in Brothers. Aslaug Holm has been filming the lives of her sons Marcus and Lukas since birth. Events such as Lukas’ first day at school and Marcus’ soccer aspirations are captured over the course of around eight years. As the boys progressively get older, Holm…

Downloaded

Downloaded

I was in my late-teens when Napster and file sharing began to take off and I can vividly remember the huge controversy it generated.  After decades of buying music on vinyl and CDs, here was this software that allowed you to download high quality songs to your computer.  While downloading music and movies is commonplace…