Lucky (2017)

From Pretty In Pink to The Green Mile to Alien to Christine, it feels like Harry Dean Stanton is one of those figures who has always been present in my cinematic memory, not necessarily stealing the show every time, but popping up in both indie and mainstream delights, some of which are firmly woven in…

Tully (2018)

It’s fair to say that when your very first feature film script picks up the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, the rest of your career is bound to be looked at through a stronger lens. That certainly seems to have been the case for Diablo Cody. 2007’s Juno hurled her in to the limelight,…

Addicted To Fresno (2015)

Having absolutely no desire to watch yet another big screen adaptation of a Shakespeare classic, even if it does star some of my favourite actors and actresses of the time (Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard), the only choice that intrigued me enough to want to leave the house on a rainy Friday was the Karey…

Touchy Feely (2013)

Touchy Feely, written and directed by Lynn Shelton, premiered last January at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. The film, telling the story of a successful massage therapist who suddenly develops a phobia of human contact, received mixed reviews upon initial viewing and has continued to do so since in most of its limited releases. Finally…