Alois Nebel, Czech Republic's Oscar entry
Tomás Lunák's black and white rotoscoped animated feature "Alois Nebel" (the Czech Republic's official Oscar entry) joins the emerging genre of dramatic animated features: "Waltz
View ArticleOver Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Sophie Fiennes ("The Pervert's Guide to Cinema"), one of the Fiennes brood (Ralph Fiennes, Martha Fiennes, Magnus Fiennes and Joseph Fiennes) and parents Mark Fiennes
View ArticleCorman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel
Alex Stapleton’s directorial debut, Corman’s World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel, is a docu-tribute to legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. With an insatiable passion for her
View ArticleHugo, Golden Globe Awards' Winner
For me, an imperfect film by Scorsese often tops a near perfect film by most other directors. Based on Brian Selznick's illustrated novel "The Invention
View ArticleThe Iron Lady, an interesting film that retouches the history
It seemed inevitable that at some point someone would attempt to make a film exploring the life of one of the 20th Centuries most memorable
View ArticleDavid Fincher's remake of "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo" never creates the...
I'm not a fan of David Fincher's remake. Swedish director Niels Arden Oplev's original, "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo", kept me on the edge
View ArticleShame
Set in New York, Michael Fassbender plays a cool headed businessman consumed by sex addiction. An unscheduled visit by his flaky and vulnerable sister leads
View ArticleCarnage, by Roman Polanski
Following a playground dispute between two 11 year old boys, their parents get together to discuss how best to handle the matter in a civilised
View ArticleThe Artist, weirdly likeable, a nostalgia trip but nothing that is truly...
The Artist is set during the declining years of silent cinema, in which huge star George Valentin develops a fondness for rising beauty Peppy. However
View ArticleDelicacy, a film with playfulness and humor by David and Stephane Foenkinos
“Delicacy” is David Foenkinos’ adaptation of his award-winning novel “La Délicatesse,” which he co-directs with his brother, Stephane. It begins as a story of loss
View ArticleIsmail Ferroukhi's FREE MEN
Ismail Ferroukhi's "Free Men" (Les Hommes Libres) tells the true story of a cell of Algerian resistance fighters (secretly based in the Grand Mosque of
View ArticleYour Sister's Sister
Writer-director Lynn Shelton's miniature chamber piece "Your Sister's Sister" takes on sexual boundaries again in a more polished outing than her raunchier "Humpday".Mumblecore filmmaker Mark
View ArticleOnce Upon A Time In Anatolia
In "Once Upon A Time In Anatolia," Nuri Bilge Ceylan ("Distant", "Climates") follows a team of policemen, lawyers and doctor as they try to retrieve
View ArticleGianni Di Gregorio's The Salt of Life
“The Salt of Life,” Gianni Di Gregorio’s follow-up to the sleeper hit “Mid-August Lunch,” is about a man caught between the sensual and the inevitable.
View ArticleThe Secret World of Arriety
The Secret World of Arrietty (Kari- gurashi no Arietti) is the seventeenth Japanese animated film produced by Studio Ghibli, directed by Hiromasa Yonebayashi and written
View ArticleThe Kid With A Bike (Le Gamin au Velo)
The Kid With A Bike (Le Gamin au Velo) is a Belgian coming of age film written and directed by the Belgian brothers; Jean-PIerre and
View ArticleMonsieur Lazhar
Poised between a documentary and a fable, Philippe Falardeau's impeccable "Monsieur Lazhar" serves up the most satisfying drama of the season. As the oscar foreign
View ArticleJannicke Systad Jacobsen's Turn Me On Dammit!
There’s a phone on the floor, and lying next to it is a teenage girl with her hand down her pants, masturbating to the voice
View ArticlePolisse, A MUST SEE
Actress-director Maïwenn's searing ensemble drama “Polisse" follows the day to day lives of the Parisian Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit (CPU) Melissa (Maïwenn) plays a
View ArticleThe Intouchables
Writer-directors Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache's "The Intouchables", a politically incorrect but heartfelt buddy comedy is second only to "Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis" as France's
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