Archive for the ‘Feature’ Category

Black Gold (2011)

Black Gold (2011)
Black Gold is a tale of two houses in conflict over oil and ideology, at the brink of the oil boom in the early 20th century. The emirate of Hobeika is headed by the Emir Nesib (played by Antonio Banderas) who views the exploitation of oil as a way of ending his kingdom’s position “as [...]
February 21st, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Berlinale 2012, and the winner is……

Berlinale 2012, and the winner is……
This year’s Berlinale has been eclectic to say the least, although there have been running themes throughout the festival. Africa has been a recurrent location for a lot of the stories being told; slow burner Aujourd’Hui (Today), the harrowing Rebelle (War Witch), colonial era Tabu and even documentary...
February 20th, 2012 | Feature, News | Read More

Red Dog (2011)

Red Dog (2011)
Perhaps these days all you need for a knockout film is the Australian outback, a low flying helicopter for swooping fly-by shots over dusty roads, some nostalgic boogie on the soundtrack and a super wide angle lens to catch the red risen dust at sundown. If that is so, stop reading now and see this [...]
February 20th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Tabu (2012)

Tabu (2012)
Many films have been described as love letters to cinema recently, The Artist and Hugo (2011) both garnering critical and commercial success for being such. Miguel Gomes’ latest film Tabu, the Portuguese director incidentally used to be a film critic, gloriously achieves this but in a much more subtle...
February 18th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

The Berlinale 2012

The Berlinale 2012
 The Berlinale has become synonymous with high quality World Cinema, last year’s festival awarded A Separation (2011) the prestigious Golden Bear award, the film went on to win many more awards, is nominated for an Academy Award and made many a film critic’s best films of 2011 lists. This year the...
February 15th, 2012 | Feature, Spotlight | Read More

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Running from emotional turmoil through all the five burroughs of New York City  There don’t seem to have been many post-9/11 movies. To see how you feel about this shortage, consider the new movie by English director Stephen Daldry, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. It is adapted from Jonathan...
February 13th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)

In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
Angelina Jolie’s directorial debut is set during the Bosnian war and depicts an unusual love story that occurs during a horrific period. The story begins in 1992 where we see Danijel (Goran Kostic) a handsome policeman on a date with beautiful Ajla (Zana Marjanovic). Their dancing and flirtations are...
February 12th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

A Dangerous Method (2011)

A Dangerous Method (2011)
When it comes to sex and violence, Canadian maestro David Cronenberg embraces both as he made a name for himself with early horror works like Videodrome and his masterful remake of The Fly, as well as his controversial car-crashing drama Crash. Having collaborated with Viggo “Aragorn” Mortensen...
February 11th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
I was sceptical about this film after hearing and reading many a negative review of it despite its Oscar nomination. But I am a huge fan of Stephen Daldry’s work and consider The Hours (2002) to be one of my favourite films and let me tell you, Daldry did not let me down. Oskar Schell [...]
February 11th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Farewell My Queen (2012)

Farewell My Queen (2012)
As the opening film to this year’s Berlinale and one of the competition films, Farewell My Queen (Les Adieux a la Reine) has high expectations placed upon it. Unfortunately this historical drama was rather underwhelming. Set in Versailles in July 1789, the film follows Sidonie (brilliantly played by...
February 10th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More
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