Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
*** Dir: Ben Zeitlin Duration: 93mins (2012) (US) Film preoccupied with death. Salvation. Innocence. Purity. Love and anger. Through the eyes of a 6-year-old. This first feature from director Ben … Continue reading
Reviews: Everyday (2012), The Delay (2012)
Everyday ** Dir: Michael Winterbottom Duration: 90 mins (2012) (UK) Father in prison, wife and mother home alone to raise the children. Over the course of 5 years, Michael Winterbottom … Continue reading
Review: Crossfire Hurricane (2012)
*** Dir: Brett Morgan Duration: 118 mins (2012) Can you sometimes get exactly what you want? The Rolling Stones turn the clock back on 50 years and open up the vaults. … Continue reading
Review: The Angel’s Share
**** Dir: Ken Loach Duration: 97 mins (2012) Whiskey in the jar: A film of two halves as one of Britain’s finest directors moulds his own crime caper set in … Continue reading
Review: This Is Not A Film
***** (This is not a rating) Dir: Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Paranhi Duration: 75 mins (2011) A window into the oppressive state of a nation, as documented by Iranian film maker. … Continue reading
Review: Once Upon A Time In Anatolia
**** Dir: Nuri Bilge Ceylan Duration: 150 mins (2011) Transience. Impermanence. Life. Death. All explored over the course of a single night’s criminal investigation in the Anatolian foothills. Directed by … Continue reading
Review: Page One – Inside the New York Times
*** Dir: Andrew Rossi Duration: 96 mins (2011) Documentary film-maker chronicles a year from within the walls of the New York Times as it comes face to face with the … Continue reading
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In (cyber)space, no one can hear you type… There is a realisation and a knowing irony to the title of this blog. Believe me. After all, I have to concede … Continue reading