Whilst The Hurt Locker unfolded in a theatre that felt metaphoric, Green Zone wears its heart on its sleeve and is unashamedly partisan in its political sniping of piercing accuracy
Green Zone
Directed by Paul Greengrass
We used to have to wait a decade before the cinema could fully digest the impact and consequences of that most grave of political [...]
Fish Tank
Directed by Andrea Arnold
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“less politically inclined than Ken Loach or theatrically mannered than Mike Leigh – the film operates in a realm well-trod in UK cinema and serves as a welcome antidote to the adrenaline-fueled demands of the summer season.”
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The UK has a proud tradition of social realist cinema, pioneered by the so-called British [...]
As expected given its torturous production history the movie is a mess but thankfully not a dud of Van Helsing proportions, it’s a handsome looking film but the interference and mangling of the material, as with The Road, is plain to see.
The Wolfman
Directed by Joe Johnston
Woof, woof. A mere fifteen months late, Universal Studios [...]
Un Prophète is a grueling experience that will keep you utterly gripped throughout its epic 155-minute runtime.
Un Prophete
Directed by Jacques Audiard
Director Jacques Audiard is carving quite a career as one of the most searingly talented French auteurs working today. Cresting on the wave of a number of well-received, robust Parisian thrillers including Read My Lips [...]
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Directed by Terry Gilliam
A glance at the film posters could almost convince you that a new Harry Potter was upon us. The troubled final film of Heath Ledger prior to his premature death in February of last year has finally been released after a Herculean effort on the part of the perennially ill-fated [...]
The Road
Directed by John Hillcoat
For fans of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning The Road, the novel’s journey from page to screen has been almost as harrowing as the one endured by the book’s protagonists. Delayed by over a year due to unspecified wrangling within the temple of Miramax, this grim, biblical parable is finally seeing the light of day at [...]
Enter The Void
Directed by Gasper Noé
Ever since the notorious Irreversible prompted the dubious honor of causing the largest walkout in Cannes history back in 2002, Gallic maverick Gasper Noé appears to have been paying the rent with a couple of music videos, an advert (appropriately enough) for condoms and a contributing entry to the pornography [...]
Fish Tank
Directed by Andrea Arnold
The UK has a proud tradition of social realist cinema, pioneered by the so-called British New Wave in the mid-1960’s and the grimly dour, class conscious debuts of Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson and Lindsay Anderson. Although the contemporary British film industry primarily serves as an adjunct to the Hollywood [...]
