Casey Affleck

For a lot of filmgoers, if you describe a film as ‘slow-paced’, ‘lengthy’, or ‘meditative’, they will bolt for the exit. It’s understandable. Nowadays, the public’s appetite is for cinematic offerings that are lean, punchy and easy to…

The older we get the faster time moves. It waits for no man, as the saying goes, but what if that only applies to the living? How does time treat the dead? How does it treat their memories, the spaces they occupy and all that they leave…

When you heard about the horrific bombing in Manchester a few weeks ago, I’m sure your first response was the exact same as mine: that happened in a Manchester in America, yeah? Possibly the one by the sea? If so, at the very least, the…

I know, I know, we've been neglecting you, and we're still undecided as to the overall direction of this podcast, but we just had to make an episode for Oscars 2017, so here we are. If you listened to our InHouse Oscar podcast from last…

There is a moment in the recent film Nocturnal Animals which is very relevant in regards to Manchester by the Sea. In the former, Jake Gyllenhaal’s character writes a novel where a man’s wife and children are killed. We see the aftermath of…

As my colleague Adam Duke noted in his excellent review of The Light Between the Oceans, it’s that time of year where the Academy Awards are on the mind of every film fan, whether they like it or not. During this period, studios begin…

Directed by Craig Gillespie. Starring Chris Pine, Casey Affleck, Ben Foster, Holliday Grainger and Eric Bana Feb 18th, 1952 – a massive storm (a nor’easter) hits the seas off the coast of Chatham, Massachusetts and tears the SS…

Triple 9 is the radio code for “officer down”, as US cop show fans will probably know. This John Hillcoat film hinges on such a 999 alarm, but more interestingly, an irony plays a big role. And you can’t say that for many action thrillers.…