Movie Review - Other People
On the surface, Other People might seem like a film aimed at winning awards – it follows a young gay man’s return home to his homophobic town and dying mother in order to help with her care. While Other People doesn’t entirely avoid the typical tropes of the cancer story or of the LBGT acceptance story, it plays with these motifs in a way that avoids over-sentimentality. Nor does it reach for any feelings that have not been wholly deserved.
Movie Review - Rams
Reposted from RMITV’s In Review
Rams follows two middle-aged Icelandic sheep herders, and while one would assume that the title refers to their flock, it instead refers to the two brothers butting heads that are the central characters of this film. Winner of Un Certain Regard Prize at Cannes 2015, this beautifully shot film, written and directed by Grímur Hákonarson, tells the story of brothers Gummi and Kiddi finding companionship in isolation.