Archive for the ‘Feature’ Category

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2011)
Something fishy Salmon Fishing in the Yeman is a droll and thoughtful tale (in the novel by Paul Torday) that loses much of its edge and intellectual force but retains sweetness and charm in this translation to the screen by Lasse Hallström. The Swedish director has that tendency. With films like My...
April 16th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Breathing (2011)

Breathing (2011)
Earning parole Breathing is the superb writing and directing debut of Karl Markovics, the well known Austrian stage and screen actor who starred in the 2008 Best Foreign Oscar winner, The Counterfeiters. This is a coming-of-age story that’s also all about breaking out of bondage. Its protagonist,...
April 16th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
Everything-but-the-kitchen-sink horror With a higher than usual budget for the genre and some name actors, The Cabin in the Woods takes the standard B-horror format and high-concepts it with a framework that’s as grandiose as it is absurd. The little group of nice-looking college kids (spoilers...
April 13th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)

The Cabin in the Woods (2011)
I positively loved The Cabin in the Woods. Who cares that it’s a take-off of every horror movie ever seen, as it approaches it all with such ghoulish delight that only a jaded hack would fail to get caught up in its deliciously over-the-top mayhem. Five college kids (Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams,...
April 13th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Iron Sky (2012)

Iron Sky (2012)
Copenhagen’s CPH PIX film festival kicked off today with Iron Sky as the opening movie. The director and producer were on hand to introduce their partially fan-funded sci-fi comedy about Nazis on the moon launching an invasion of Earth in 2018! Timo Vuorensola, the director, has also worked on a number...
April 12th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Prometheus Q&A

Prometheus Q&A
Prometheus, will be the most important release of the year. Directed by Sir Ridley Scott, it received an enormous boost in publicity with the strategically planned release by Fox Studios of some edited 13 or so mins of the film at a screening in London yesterday that we were lucky enough to attend. It...
April 11th, 2012 | Feature, News | Read More

Battleship (2012)

Battleship (2012)
There are many flaws that come out of Hollywood, but one in particular is brand recognition, in which the studios believe that anything is transferable to the big screen. Although great work has come out of comic books, video/board games can bring out the very worst of cinema. Whilst we are still awaiting...
April 11th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

Battleship (2012)

Battleship (2012)
You know that saying “no one has lost any money selling stupid things to stupid people”? That’s Battleship the movie. An action blockbuster aimed at the largest possible global audience of airheads who need a simple 2 hour fix of explosions, CGI, rock music and macho posturing on the...
April 11th, 2012 | Feature, Film Reviews | Read More

International Buddhist Film Festival

International Buddhist Film Festival
The International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) kicks off in London at the Apollo Piccadilly Circus tomorrow and runs until the 15th April. The diverse programme will showcase more than a dozen feature films and documentaries, most of which are European and UK premieres – from a Thai murder mystery...
April 10th, 2012 | Feature, Spotlight | Read More

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2012

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2012
SUMMING UP THE RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH CINEMA OF 2012. (“Best and worst” may be a misnomer.) The Rendez-Vous, presented by UniFrance and the Film Society of Lincoln Center at several venues in New York city in early March, is a representative series that shows the quality and variety of French...
April 6th, 2012 | Feature, Spotlight | Read More
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