In a story depicted in oil painted animation, a young man comes to the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist’s final letter and ends up investigating his final days there. With computer generated effects and digital 3D sculpting having become the norm for animation in Continue Reading
Willem van den Heever
Willem is a cinephile, so naturally a bit of a film critic. He's been called a Neil Blomkamp fan and to grow the fuck up for criticizing an Alien film. He makes films (short ones for now), take photos and sometimes write about those films he hopes to make one day.
Dark, Relevant, Comedic: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
In Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri a mother (Frances McDormand) personally challenges the local authorities, by putting up three billboards outside of the town of Ebbing, Missouri, to solve her daughter’s murder when they fail to catch the culprit.
Breathe – left lacking life?
Breathe is the inspiring true love story of Robin (Andrew Garfield) and Diana Cavendish (Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. Breathe, the heartwarming celebration of human potential, also marks the directorial debut of Andy Serkis.
Brad’s Status: Not where he’d hoped
In Brad’s Status – an indie comedy-drama, a father going through a midlife crisis takes his son to tour colleges on the East Coast, and meets up with an old friend who makes him feel even more inferior about his life’s choices.
Wonder Wheel – Beautiful, but does that make it shallow?
Filmmaker and acclaimed director Woody Allen takes us to Coney Island in the 1950’s in his new crime drama Wonder Wheel, where a lifeguard tells the story of a middle-aged carousel operator and his melodramatic wife.