Category Archives: Film Review

They Shall Not Die Old. A Review.

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Joe Benning

“Woe to the statesman whose reasons for entering a war do not appear so plausible at its end as at its beginning.” Otto von Bismark   They Shall Not Die Old. Directed by Peter Jackson In directing the documentary film … Continue reading →

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“Silence” by Martin Scorsese

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Joe Benning

Martin Scorsese’s Silence is a complicated film. Based on a novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo, it tells the story of 2 Jesuit priests in the 17th century who set out for Japan to find their mentor, Father … Continue reading →

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Rogue One

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Joe Benning

In “Rogue One”, prequel to the original Star Wars film released in 1977, the mighty walking tanks of the Empire seem vaguely like Godzilla trampling through Tokyo. Chalk that up to Gareth Edwards, director of Monsters (2010) and the 2014 … Continue reading →

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Arrival: They’re Here…

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Joe Benning

Arrival is not your ordinary Alien Invasion Flick. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, its central premise is that communication is the key to understanding. In this it has more in common with films like Close Encounters of the Third Kind than … Continue reading →

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