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DIFF 2012 Reviews: ‘Cinema Six,’ ‘Compliance,’ ‘Faith, Love and Whiskey’
“Cinema Six” Directors: Mark Potts, Cole Selix Writers: Mark Potts, Cole Selix Starring: John Merriman, Mark Potts and Brand Rackley “Cinema Six” is the definition of average, which is strange...
May 11, 2012 / Henry J. BaughThe International Film Festival Summit, Paris
As a freelance film critic looking to get involved with film festivals, I feared that talks at the International Film Festival Summit might be too specialised for me. True, I was one of only two film...
May 8, 2012 / Alison FrankThings I Don’t Understand (2011)
Hugo Dillon and Molly Ryman in "Things I Don't Understand" Someday, everyone you know won’t exist. Tomorrow doesn’t matter until it’s today. No one makes it through life unscathed, in one way or...
May 2, 2012 / Eric M. ArmstrongLowlights of Cinélatino
After the last two weeks’ blogs on highlights of Toulouse’s Cinélatino film festival, this week will conclude with a selection of films which, in my opinion, should be avoided at all costs. First of...
Apr 23, 2012 / Alison FrankA soothing demise: Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ considered
Kirsten Dunst greets the apocalypse “Melancholia” is Lars von Trier’s intelligent, melodramatic, achingly beautiful and wickedly funny new film. It tells the story of Justine (a transcendent Kirsten...
Jan 18, 2012 / Vanessa Graniello‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
This year London’s Czech Film Festival, ‘Made in Prague’ celebrated its 15 th edition (10-27 November). The theme for 2011 was ‘Film and Literature’, and included hard-to-find retro delights such as...
Nov 29, 2011 / Alison FrankThe Descendants: The Kids Will Be All Right
The Kids Are All Right (Lisa Cholodenko, 2010) was a highlight of last year’s BFI London Film Festival. This year’s highlight looks set to be The Descendants (Alexander Payne, 2011), a film similar...
Oct 25, 2011 / Alison Frank50/50 (2011)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Seth Rogen star in "50/50" Making a comedy about cancer is risky business. Making a comedy about a young, attractive person with cancer is self-sabotage. People don’t go to...
Oct 23, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongDrive (2011)
“Drive” romanticizes a lot of things that shouldn’t be romanticized: The myth of redemptive violence, dangerous and illegal driving, robbery, evading police and, most egregiously, Members Only...
Oct 18, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongThe Exchange: Sociability for Self-Absorption
The Exchange ( Hahithalfut , 2011) is the latest feature from Eran Kolirin, who made a crowd-pleasing debut with his 2007 comedy The Band’s Visit . His new film is also intended as a comedy, but...
Oct 18, 2011 / Alison FrankAttack the Block (2011)
John Boyega leads a street gang of alien-killers in "Attack the Block" It’s Guy Fawkes Night , and the South London sky is pulsing with brilliant explosions. In the midst of the celebration, Sam...
Sep 14, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongArsenals Day 2: Honouring Herz Frank
This year the Riga International Film Festival ‘Arsenals’ has chosen to honour Latvian documentarist Herz Frank on the occasion of his 85 th birthday. Sporting his signature knitted beret and Leica...
Sep 13, 2011 / Alison FrankIncontinent ingliss: ‘Delhi Belly’ spells fun with a capital ‘F’
I watched “Delhi Belly” twice. The first time in the original English/Hindi format and the second time in the dubbed Hindi. It was a different experience each time and frankly, this is an English...
Jul 7, 2011 / Kamayani SharmaThe Tree of Life (2011)
In 1931 Austrian mathematician Kurt Gödel proved what is now known as the Incompleteness Theorem. He demonstrated that within any given system, a robot for example, there would always be at least one...
Jun 27, 2011 / Eric M. ArmstrongSurprises in Taxi Driver
Despite their renown, some famous films are able to surprise new generations of filmgoers. A first-time viewer of The Graduate might only know of the character of Mrs. Robinson, familiar from the...
Jun 13, 2011 / Alison FrankRecent Articles
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