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Mother! Self-referential and pretentious, or a masterpiece?

Posted on 17th October 2017 by The Gryphon Web Editor

‘Mother!’, Darren Aronofsky’s bizarre, nightmarish, avant-garde piece ingeniously blends elements of visual poetry, surrealism, horror, mystery and psychodrama within a plot driven by constant absurdity and eccentric surprises, which accelerate into a chaotic climax. With […]

Film | The Counsellor – Cormac McCarthy's original screenplay is not the next No Country for Old Men

Posted on 29th November 20138th March 2019 by The Gryphon Web Editor

image: 20th Century Fox It isn’t hard to see why Cormac McCarthy’s first foray into feature film screenwriting garnered such a strong production team. Directed by Ridley Scott, the likes of Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, […]