Patience (After Sebald) sees Grant Gee’s richly-textured path meander through the Suffolk countryside and the work of the acclaimed Anglo-German writer.
Patience (After Sebald)
Post-War Paths by Laura Bennett
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Better known for his rock-band documentaries, Grant Gee’s latest feature-length film focuses on retracing the steps of the internationally acclaimed Anglo-German writer and academic W.G. (Max) [...]
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Eleven in 2011
January 5th, 2012 No Comments
The Dirty Dozen
Hm, the January blues. It’s enough to make you want to curl up inside a darkened room. Which is fortunate, as there were so many great films in 2011, there’s a lot of catching up to do. Most shamefully, I missed out on Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, and perhaps most painfully, Gianni Di Gregorio’s follow-up [...]
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Film Review: We Were Here (2011)
November 25th, 2011 No Comments
Documenting five testimonies of San Francisco’s AIDS crisis, Bill Weber and David Weissman’s We Were Here brings the battle to the people.
We Were Here
Apocalypse Now by Mark Wilshin
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It’s hard to wax analytical about such a simple, yet powerfully emotional documentary as Weissman and Weber’s We Were Here. Put simply, it’s five survivors [...]
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Film Review: Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011)
October 23rd, 2011 No Comments
Apathy and the black fight for civil rights, Göran Hugo Olsson’s Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 scours the Swedish vaults for an all-American independence.
Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
The Backlash Blues by Mark Wilshin
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Is it right to excuse middle-class white man from the struggle? For women, blacks and gays, the continuing fight for equality and an [...]
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Film Review: The Referees / Les Arbitres (2009)
August 12th, 2011 No Comments
A fly-on-the-wall documentary spotlighting the beautiful game’s men in black, The Referees looks at soccer from a different angle. More obtuse than acute.
The Referees
Of Gods And Men by Mark Wilshin
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Before the kick-off whistle blows, tension mounts in silent convoys and dressing rooms. Until the trio of referee and linesmen head onto the [...]
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Film Review: Film Socialisme (2010)
July 8th, 2011 No Comments
JLG is back to his impenetrable best with Film Socialisme, a cascading multi-lingual mosaic of ideas and comment presented as a symphony in three reassuringly dense movements.
Film Socialisme
Ship of Fools by Laura Bennett
His first film in six years, the God(ard)father of French cinema is back with a bang. Shown as part of the Un Certain [...]
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Film Review: Two In The Wave / Deux de la Vague (2009)
February 9th, 2011 No Comments
Two In The Wave
Travelling from the love between Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut to a bitter hatred, Emmanuel Laurent’s Two In The Wave is a breathless histoire(s) du cinéma.
The Cinefiles by Mark Wilshin
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As the UK celebrates fifty years of the New Wave with a re-release of A Bout De Souffle, Emmanuel Laurent’s documentary feels [...]
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Film Review: Nénette (2010)
February 4th, 2011 No Comments
Nicolas Philibert’s latest documentary observes the supreme diva, Nénette, a 40-year old orang-utan and the star attraction at Paris’ Jardin des Plantes zoo.
Nénette
Monkey Business by Laura Bennett
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Taking centre-screen for almost the entire length of this 68 minute film (one can’t help but wonder how many of this year’s Best Actress nominees could [...]
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Film Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
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Film Review: The Nine Muses (2010)
Film Review: Shame (2011)
Eleven in 2011
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Film Review: The Artist / L'Artiste (2011)
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Film Review: Take Shelter (2011)