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Film Reviews and Discussion.

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

28/10/2012 · Leave a comment

Review: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted (2012)

**** Dir: Eric Darnell, Tom McGrath, Conrad Vernon Duration: 93 minutes (2012) (US) The gang is back for another cross-continental jaunt in a surprisingly effective (and very funny) entry for … Continue reading

21/10/2012 · Leave a comment

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

21/10/2012 · Leave a comment

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

18/10/2012 · Leave a comment

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

02/10/2012 · Leave a comment

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

17/09/2012 · Leave a comment

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

25/08/2012 · Leave a comment

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

19/08/2012 · Leave a comment

Welcome!

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

19/08/2012 · 1 Comment