Kevin Macdonald

Reviews

State of Play

By Cynthia Fuchs

In this new universe where facts are mutable and ends are means, so-called ethical triumphs can only be short-term. [17 April 2009]

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Emma Simmonds

Based on Giles Foden’s novel of the same name this bold, visceral cinematic-bodyblow takes a political maelstrom and a maniacal dictator and squeezes them into the mould of a genre-picture. [20 April 2007]

The Last King of Scotland (2006)

By Cynthia Fuchs

That Nicholas is also capable of great horrors, specifically in that he lets others act it for him and gets away with it, makes him, at some level, even more troubling than Amin. [27 September 2006]

Touching the Void (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Joe Simpson says, 'I'd forgotten how difficult it was. I've told the story so many times, it's just become a fiction.'" [14 June 2004]

Touching the Void (2003)

By Cynthia Fuchs

Each climber can come to terms with 'what happened,' but neither can know the entire truth of it. [22 January 2004]

One Day in September (1999)

By Cynthia Fuchs

By tracing these failures, 'One Day in September' represents compelling links between sports (in general and specifically Olympian) and violence, as a basis for cultural exchange. [1 January 1995]