Even with a few months left to run, 2012 has treated to a slew of ...Read more »
Posts Categorized: Film
Review – Margin Call
With a cast of Hollywood heavyweights, it’s perhaps unsurprising that the acting is uniformly excellent. Read more »
Review – Holy Motors
Holy Motors takes us back to a time when movie making was transcendent artistry, and mourns the dilapidated state of pure, emotive cinema. Read more »
The Other Little Boy
For many, one of the film’s greatest surprises has been the remarkably assured and touching performance from newcomer Maaka Pohatu, as the worldly Gav. Salient was fortunate enough to speak to Pohatu about his accomplished theatre career, and what attracted him to Two Little Boys. Read more »
Review – I Wish
Japanese bullet trains are capable of speeds up to 300km/h. Sometimes, when two of these trains pass each other in opposite directions, enough energy is released to create a temporary wishing well in their wake. Read more »
Review – Two Little Boys
Two Little Boys may not be the most daring New Zealand comedy, but it certainly is one of the most accomplished. Read more »
Retrospective Review- Baise-Moi
Dir. Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi When Baise-Moi was first reviewed by Salient in ...Read more »
Review – Iron Sky
After World War Two, a corps of Nazis escaped from Earth and set up camp on the dark side of the moon. They’ve been biding their time for the last seventy years, waiting to launch an attack on Earth and retake what they lost in the war. Read more »
Review – Bernie
Based on a true story from the American south, the film follows the eccentric Bernie and his relationship with the bitter widow, Marjorie Nugent, which quickly takes an unpleasant turn as she twists him into her slave. Read more »
Extended Review- Cabin in the Woods
Ed’s note: This review is an extended version of that which appeared in the print ...Read more »