Empire of Light
Beautiful and heartfelt, if disparate, ode to cinema
Graeme Strachan
@The_reviewist
Graeme Strachan is a writer, editor, and journalist based in Edinburgh.
He has been a critic and reviewer for over 15 years in areas including theatre, video games and restaurant critique; and likes to dabbles in film and television production.
He lives in hope for the day where he finds a more profitable use for his Classical Studies degree than obscure questions in a pub quiz.
https://reviewism.wordpress.com
100 articles
The Stranger
A dark and sinister walk alongside evil itself
Old People
Tired, confused, and geriatric horror
The Woman King
A grand sweeping epic trimmed down to the CliffsNotes
Doctor Who Am I?
A self-bestowed absolution for the 1996 film
Wings of Desire
A moment in time, captured in existential wonder
The Northman
Like a campfire tale of bloody glory told snobbishly over cocktails and canapés
Swan Song
Soulful and beautiful, if slightly derivative, contemplation on the brevity of life
The Matrix Resurrections
Maybe the real Matrix was the studio system all along
Sacrilege
Watching this film is a more horrible experience than the nightmarish fates the characters experience