Author: David G. Hughes

David G. Hughes is the Northern-born, London-based Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Electric Ghost Magazine. He graduated in Film Studies (BA) from King's College London and Film Aesthetics (Mst) from The University of Oxford. He has written for Film International, Little White Lies, and more.

Review

PATERSON

Post author By David G. Hughes
Post date 25 November 2016

Paterson (Jim Jarmsuch, 2016), Soda Pictures, France / Germany / USA, colour, sound, 118 minutes

Jim Jarmusch channels Ozu in his poetic meditation on quotidian life

Tags Adam Driver, Author: David G. Hughes, Golshifteh Farahani, Jim Jarmusch

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DOG EAT DOG

Post author By David G. Hughes
Post date 18 November 2016

Dog Eat Dog (Paul Schrader, 2016), Signature Entertainment, USA, DCP, 91 minutes, Troy (Nicolas Cage), Mad Dog (Willem Dafoe)

Cage and Dafoe are let loose in Paul Schrader’s degenerate, post-moral crime caper

Tags Author: David G. Hughes, Nicolas Cage, Paul Schrader, Willem Dafoe

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BLOOD FATHER

Post author By David G. Hughes
Post date 7 October 2016

Blood Father (Jean-François Richet, 2016), Warner Bros., France, DCP, 88 minutes, Link (Mel Gibson)

Mel Gibson resurrects himself in engaging pulp thriller

Tags Author: David G. Hughes, Jean-François Richet, Mel Gibson

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THE LEGEND OF TARZAN

Post author By David G. Hughes
Post date 15 July 2016

The Legend of Tarzan (Dir. David Yates, 2016), Warner Bros., DCP, colour, sound, 110 minutes, Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård)

Lessons in colonialism and primal sex appeal brings Tarzan back into the pop-culture fray

Tags Author: David G. Hughes, Samuel L. Jackson