Film
IncendiesWednesday, 22 June 2011
Denis Villeneuve’s impassioned, decorous adaptation of Wajdi Mouawad’s award-winning stage play sees a dead woman bequeath her children a mystery, which in turn unlocks the secrets of her past and ultimately theirs. The Oscar-nominated Incendies is... Read more... |
BridesmaidsWednesday, 22 June 2011
If you have begun to tire of blokey-jokey films such as Wedding Crashers, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and The Hangover, then try this female-oriented movie that covers some of the same territory but from the distaff side. It’s well written and acted, and... Read more... |
Love's KitchenMonday, 20 June 2011
Foodies will have a good laugh at Love's Kitchen, the British rom-com that casts Simon Callow as a bibulous restaurant critic and Gordon Ramsay as, well, himself. But cineastes are likely to chuckle, as well, at the filmmaking-by-numbers... Read more... |
DVD: The FighterMonday, 20 June 2011
It’s an accepted flouting of reality that in films “based on a true story”, the first betrayal of the truth is in the casting. The reveal over the closing credits of The Fighter tells you just how well its two main characters have done out of... Read more... |
The First GraderSunday, 19 June 2011
The adult craving for education isn't a well that film-makers visit often. Educating Rita gave Willy Russell his finest cinematic hour. Say what you like about Kate Winslet’s concentration camp guard in The Reader, but such was her love of a good... Read more... |
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... |
