Wednesday, August 24 2011
‘NEDS’: Tough choices in ‘70s Glasgow
NEDS is the very antithesis of the well-made film exemplified by 2011 BAFTA winner The King's Speech, favoring energy and impact over easily digested storytelling.
Thursday, January 15 2009
Outside the Lines - The Top 20 International/Indie Films of 2008
With many indie/international films receiving more and more mainstream approval from unfamiliar audiences, many of the titles here could be considered part of the overall 2008 Best Of. But their individuality and multicultural appeal keep them a quality concept apart.
Wednesday, July 23 2008
Boy A
Boy A, based on Jonathan Trigell’s novel, lays out an intricate map of how social expectations and limits shape individual horizons.
Monday, August 20 2007
The Last Legion
The leaps of faith in The Last Legion are many, but once you've made one or two, Bollywood superstar Aishwarya Rai seems as likely a super-lethal fighter as Mr. Darcy.
Tuesday, May 29 2007
Future Shock: The Death of Serious Science Fiction
The serious Science Fiction film genre is dead or at least on cinematic life support. As the new millennial marches forward, and an omnipresent production paradigm that substitutes spectacle for smarts, futurist filmmaking is definitely gasping for breath.
Monday, March 26 2007
Alfonso Cuaron: ‘The present, projected into the future’
Cuaron talks about Children of Men, his powerful film with explicit references to the political present.
Friday, January 5 2007
Children of Men (2007)
Even with so much attention paid to her body and to her child, Kee's story is secondary to Theo's, as his loss of hope must be undone and his past redressed.
Thursday, May 11 2006
On a Clear Day (2006)
Frank's quest shapes a kind of secret fraternity for the men around him. They revel in his determination to do what seems impossible to them.
Wednesday, September 15 2004
Young Adam (2003)
'Joe's abandonment is like a political act and a political philosophy, he's a libertine and a libertarian,' says Tilda Swinton.
Thursday, April 15 2004
Young Adam (2003)
Joe's trajectory through post-war Glasgow and Edinburgh takes on a sort of dread inevitability.
