Trent Film Society Presents: Repulsion
Repulsion explores many chilling themes, such as claustrophobia and mental illness. Polanski’s early work had a particular fascination with these themes, which also appear in Rosemary’s Baby (1968) and The …
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Movie Review: Gone Girl – Spoiler free and incredibly vague
When it comes to mystery, more than any other genre, trust between author and audience is essential. The audience has to believe that the movie is taking them somewhere they …
Trent Film Society presents: Martyrs
This week, Trent Film Society is screening Pascal Laugier’s New French Extremist film Martyrs, as part of our focus on horror cinema for the month of October. We loosely paired …
Trent Film Society Presents: I Saw the Devil
Few films in the past decade successfully balance brutal violence with calm, aesthetically pleasing scenes quite like Kim Jee-Woon’s 2010 masterpiece I Saw the Devil. Starting as a familiar revenge …
Movie Review: The Equalizer
In an early scene in The Equalizer, Denzel Washington’s character Robert McCall explains to a teenage prostitute (played by the always great Chloe Grace-Moretz) the plot of Don Quixote. It’s …
Trent Film Society Presents: Enemy
What’s better than a film starring Jake Gyllenhaal? A film starring Jake Gyllenhaal… twice! And what better place to screen the film than at Market Hall (140 Charlotte Street), on …
Let’s Hear it for Family Dysfunction!
Weddings and funerals. They’re the cornerstones of any movie with a family ensemble. A perfect excuse to bring a group of jaded, dysfunctional people into close quarters with each other …
No Good Deed: Sometimes the trailer is enough
Deducing the moral of a movie is a tricky thing. So often our own expectations and experiences project up onto the screen, clouding the author’s intent. Many times, ambiguity itself …
Trent Film Society Presents: The Double
The Double is an intriguing film that unfortunately fell under the radar of mainstream cinemas. At times it reminds me of the dank underworld of David Lynch’s Eraserhead, the sense …
Trent Film Society Presents: Rushmore
Hello fellow Trent students and movie goers! Next week, Trent Film Society will be screening a laughable and lovable quirky comedy about the problems many students face when it comes …