“Be careful what you wish for. But be certain what you pray for.” Frederic prays for his penance — possibly rashly, it turns out. This first feature from director-actor-writer Mark O’Brien is a dark chiller about a burdened man who feels the wrath of a vengeful God, after he and his wife are visited by… All is not black and white in new trailer for The Righteous Read More
Bait: ambiguous and ambivalent
Spoilers ahoy – so not that ambiguous – but you may want to come back after you’ve watched it… (My review is here.) As a title, Bait works in several ways: fishing bait, as a metaphor to entice, and bait meaning to provoke. Martin the fisherman deliberately goads the incomers, while they as a group… Bait: ambiguous and ambivalent Read More
Bait 4.5 stars
Martin is a fisherman without a boat, his brother Steven having re-purposed it as a tourist tripper. With their childhood home now a get-away for London money, Martin is displaced to the estate above the harbour. Despite its tough subject matter, there’s a magic saturating writer-director Mark Jenkin’s film, shot on a vintage 16mm camera… Bait Read More