Neon Camera Reviews

Little Women  By Emily Hubbard Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Little Women sets the gold standard for classic novel retellings 4.5/5 Cameras 🎥🎥🎥🎥.5 Directed by: Greta Gerwig Starring:  Saoirse Ronan, Florence Pugh, and Timoth é e Chalamet Where to find it: Netflix No Copyright Infringement Intended  Whenever a film adaptation of a classic novel is announced, there always seems to be a certain sense of doubt surrounding the eventual quality of the finished product. This overwhelming feeling of nervousness is largely due to many on-screen retellings being ultimately disappointing, with previous iterations of Louisa May Alcott’s 1868 novel, Little Women, being no exception. It seems though, that on Hollywood’s 17 th try (yes you heard that right) at adapting the much-beloved story, they finally got it right. Little Women is at the forefront, and arguably created the blueprint, for coming-of-age stories and tells the tale of the March sisters; Jo (Saoirse Ronan), Amy (Fl...

  Our Favourite Directors  To celebrate hitting 1000 views, we thought we would each dive into our five favourite directors. With so many great choices available there’s a good chance these lists could change day to day, but right now, here are each of our favourites! 1. Taika Waititi Taika Waititi is undoubtedly one of the most in-demand directors in current cinema, but I’m going to be honest, like a lot of other people, my first introduction to Waititi’s work was through 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok. Waititi’s ability to completely revitalise the Thor franchise, which was otherwise bland and largely considered to be the worst of the MCU titles, into a vibrant comedy that embraced the craziness of its source material within the first five minutes of its’ runtime is something to be marvelled at (excuse the pun). His work outside of the land of superheroes, however, is even more impressive. Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit is a touching, yet absurd, film set in Nazi Germany that highlights t...