Review: Sightseers (2012)
**** Dir: Ben Wheatley Dur: 88 mins (UK) ‘If you should go down to the woods today….’ Comedic highs and bludgeoning blows in this rampaging caravanning holiday. The caravanning … Continue reading
Review: Amour (2012)
**** Dir: Michael Haneke Duration: 127 mins (France/Austria/Germany) How do you come to terms when the person you love descends into an irrevocable state of ill health? The heart breaking … Continue reading
Review: Rust and Bone (2012)
**** Dir: Jacques Audiard Duration: 123 mins (2012) (France/Belgium) Spirits set to self-destruct. Audiard turns a spotlight on two flawed individuals in unsentimental love story. Can we ever tame something … Continue reading
Review: Skyfall (2012)
*** Dir: Sam Mendes Duration: 143 mins (2012) (UK/US) Look who’s back. Yearning for a welcome shot of familiarity? Or curious to know if there is any new life in … Continue reading
Review: Spike Island (2012)
*** Dir: Mat Whitecross (2012) Fool’s Gold? Or What The World Is Waiting For? Spike Island revisited as a Stone Roses themed love note frames a coming of age tale … Continue reading
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
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
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: 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
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