Black Mass

Scott Cooper’s Black Mass covers the life of Boston Gangster James Bulger (Johnny Depp) when he acted as an FBI informant from 1975 to the nineties. In theory this film is really interesting as it has different elements at play to make this a really deep story. The idea of Federal corruption around the gangland backdrop…

EIFF 2015 – Len and Company

Tim Godsall’s Len and Company casts Rhys Ifans as an ageing disgruntled punk rocker who puts himself into seclusion to get away from it all. Are there any happy ageing punk rockers in fiction? I seriously can’t think of any. Going in I wasn’t sure if this film would manage to distinguish itself with such a…