Film
The BeaverThursday, 16 June 2011
It doesn’t augur well when the first comment you hear as the credits roll is, “Well, it wasn’t as bad as I was expecting.” That’s really not a great place to begin a review either, but let’s anyway. Or rather with a fnar, fnar moment - did nobody... Read more... |
DVD: London/Robinson in Space and Robinson in RuinsThursday, 16 June 2011
The first part of Patrick Keiller’s trilogy, an attempt to address the "problem of London", begins just before the 1992 re-election of John Major. It’s a pseudo documentary ostensibly narrated by an acquaintance of one Robinson, a part-time art... Read more... |
Film: ZookeeperThursday, 16 June 2011Animals take over the zoo. Voiced by Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Adam Sandler, Sylvester Stallone and Cher. Not necessarily for adults. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oigOOCGp2M Read more... |
Film: Break My FallThursday, 16 June 2011East End teen angst. Directed by Kanchi Wichmann. Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H3VLf0v3FA Read more... |
Film: Bal (Honey)Thursday, 16 June 2011Final instalment of Kaplanoğlu's autobiographical Yusuf Trilogy, after Egg and Milk. Only the second Turkish film to win the Golden Bear. The trilogy runs in reverse chronological order. Honey explores Yusuf's early childhood. Trailer: http://www.... Read more... |
Film: Sawako DecidesThursday, 16 June 2011Japanese comedy. Japanese trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9VS0f2gYYg Read more... |
Film: The Merry Wives of WindsorThursday, 16 June 2011Read more... |
Film: Meet Monica VelourThursday, 16 June 2011Obsessive teen fan of 80s porn star (Kim Cattrall) decides to track her down to a trailer. Offbeat comedy going straight to DVD. Trailer: http://bit.ly/lRIe1v Read more... |
Bad TeacherThursday, 16 June 2011
As if the education profession wasn't beleaguered enough at present in America, along comes Bad Teacher, the Cameron Diaz vehicle dedicated to the proposition that the only sector of society more deserving of contempt than students is filmgoers.... Read more... |
PoticheWednesday, 15 June 2011
A potiche is a decorative vase but in this demeaning context it refers to a “trophy wife”. In this winsome French farce, from the reliably dynamic François Ozon, the “trophy” in question is the spousal equivalent of the World Cup: Catherine Deneuve... Read more... |
DVD: The Miners' HymnsTuesday, 14 June 2011
Bill Morrison’s film, mostly edited together from archive material, serves as an elegy to Britain's recent industrial past. The older footage has been handsomely restored, and often it’s only the clothes that give a sense of period. It focuses on... Read more... |
Life in a DaySunday, 12 June 2011
A teenage boy howls casually at the full moon; elephants in a river take a midnight dip, glossy with water and moonlight; a drunk on a park bench can’t hold back the laughter as he listens to an iPod. What were you doing on 24 July, 2010? It’s a... Read more... |
