The Revenant

I finally got around to seeing The Revenant over Easter and thought it was thoroughly deserving of it's Oscars for Leonardo DiCaprio, Director Alejandro González Iñárritu and DOP Emmanuel Lubezki. It's another cinematography masterclass from Lubezki, with echoes of his work for Terrence Malick, using only natural light and shooting the majority of the film during magic hour just before sunset.

It's a brutal, visceral film that immerses the audience in the harsh landscape following DiCaprio's fur trapper Hugh Glass every step of the way as he claws his way back from the brink of death after a bear attack. The attack itself is a bravado one take shot with an amazing full CGI bear by ILM.

Iñárritu once again shows he's one of the boldest and most versatile of directors, the sheer physicality of the shoot making the one take trickery of last years Birdman look like a walk in the park.