Barry Jenkins’ distinctive style shines as brightly as ever in his newest feature, an adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel of the same name. Touching on issues of racism, mass incarceration, and housing discrimination, the film portrays the love story between Fonny and Tish, a young black couple living in Harlem in the 70s. Following […]
2018 film review
The Little Things of 2018
It’s easy to focus on the big things of the year. Top 10s, best actors, blockbuster box-offices – these are the things that dominate the headlines. But what of the little things? We’ve gathered together a couple of Exeposé Screen writers to talk about their favourite smaller moments of the year. Margo Hanson in The Magicians […]
Disobedience – Review
Don’t you just hate it when you pop your clogs in the middle of your Derasha? We’ve all been there. Disobedience begins with a death of a Rabbi in the midst of said circumstances, but his daughter Ronit (portrayed by Rachel Weisz) is the locus. All jokes aside, director Sebastián Lelio captures her grief without […]
Ant-Man and the Wasp – Review
2015’s Ant-Man was one of Marvel’s lighter fares, following hot on the heels of the smash hit sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron. Ant-Man was a considerably more fun film, without the usual links to other marvel films – although there were still references to the greater Marvel universe. The sequel plays in very much the […]
The Shape of Water: Film Review
“It’s not even human.” Our mute protagonist, Elisa, responds: “if we do nothing, neither are we.” Guillermo del Toro gushes back onto the big screen with the aquatic, gothic-fantasy film The Shape of Water. Adding to his catalogue of humanoid monsters, del Toro welcomes an amorous amphibian man, and provokes us to redefine what it means […]