A review of Detainment (2018) from before the controversy
As if in a dream, Detainment (Vincent Lambe) opens with two ten-year old boys set loose in a sleepy shopping centre. The camera glides, the boys run and tumble in … Continue reading
February 9, 2019 · Leave a comment
Dyer Diary 15: City Rats (2009)
Three-quarters of the way in to our twenty film challenge and it’s time to start putting things in order, time to start tying up loose ends. Two recurring topics for … Continue reading
July 30, 2014 · Leave a comment
Dyer Diary 14: Age of Heroes (2011)
He swore to himself no heavy drinking on this one, no turning up to work hungover to fuck (or still arseholed). A week later he was stuck up a Norwegian mountain with nothing … Continue reading
July 9, 2014 · Leave a comment
Dyer Diary 12: Pimp (2010)
We return to Danny’s toxic period of box-office calamities from 2009 to 2013. Here it is folks, rock bottom. In a nutshell: Woody, a Soho pimp, has a very bad week at … Continue reading
June 18, 2014 · Leave a comment
