About

Split Reel gives you movie reviews, lists and trailers of great and exciting films. Bringing you the hype and the love for classics and new releases. Based both in Helsinki (FIN) and Scotland (GLA) the blog is written by a 22 year-old university student (Anna Työrinoja) with a passion for lifechanging cinema. Split reel is where you go for an honest take on what you should be watching. They reel them out, we split them open.

Mostly focuses on Drama, Thrillers, Crime and Sci-Fi. Split reel is interested in what’s going on in the world of film (award seasons, casting, upcoming projects) and showing people which new releases to look out for. Trailers, Top-lists, Weekly Picks, Close Ups, Film Reviews, Articles, Blogathons included. If it’s worth seeing, I’ll let you know.

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Favourite Directors

Paul Thomas Anderson – Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punch Drunk Love, There Will Be Blood

Jacques Audiard – Sur Mes Lèvres, De Battre Mon Coeur S’est Arrêté, Un Prophète

Joel and Ethan Coen – Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink, No Country For Old Men, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Man Who Wasn’t There

David Cronenberg – Spider, A History Of Violence, Eastern Promises, The Fly, Naked Lunch

David Fincher – Fight Club, Se7en, Zodiac, The Social Network

Michael Haneke – Caché, Funny Games, The Piano Teacher, The White Ribbon

Stanley Kubrick – 2001 : A Space Odyssey, Clocwork Orange, Lolita, The Killing, Full Metal Jacket

Spike Lee – Malcolm X, 25th Hour, Summer Of Sam, Clockers, Inside Man, Do The Right Thing

Caspar Noé – Irreversible, I Stand Alone, Enter The Void

Martin Scorsese – Goodfellas, The Departed, Shutter Island, Taxi Driver, Gangs Of New York, Casino, A Raging Bull, Mean Streets, Cape Fear

Andrey Tarkovskiy – Solaris, The Mirror, Andrei Rublev, Offret, Stalker

Guillermo del Toro – Hellboy, Hellboy II, Pan’s Labyrinth, Cronos

Lars von Trier – Antichrist, Dogville, Manderlay, Dancer In The Dark, Breaking The Waves

Thomas Vinterberg – Submarino, The Celebration, The Third Lie

Michael Winterbottom – 24 Hour Party People, A Cock And Bull Story, A Mighty Heart, The Killer Inside Me, Wonderland