With James Franco as Allen Ginsberg, Epstein and Friedmann’s Howl recreates the poetic timebomb in Fifties mores, exploding his anguished art into pieces. Howl A Season In Hell by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers After part-directing the groundbreaking Seventies documentary Word is Out: Stories of Some of Our Lives and the Oscar-winning The Times of Harvey [...]
Entries Tagged as 'documentary'
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 CAUTION: Here be spoilers As the UK celebrates fifty years of the New Wave with a re-release of A Bout De Souffle, [...]
Tags: A Bout De Souffle · Agnès Varda · Antoine de Baecque · Cahiers du cinéma · Deux de la Vague · documentary · Emmanuel Laurent · Eric Rohmer · Francois Truffaut · Jacques Demy · Jacques Rivette · Jean-Claude Brialy · Jean-Luc Godard · Jules Et Jim · La Chinois. Masculin Féminin · Le Mépris · Les 400 Coups · Nouvelle Vague · Tirez Sur Le Pianist · Two In The Wave
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 CAUTION: Here be spoilers 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 [...]
Tags: 2010 · cinema · documentary · dogandwolf · Être et Avoir · film · film review · France · Laura Bennett · Nénette · Nicolas Philibert · Reviews
Film Review: The Thorn in the Heart / L’Épine dans le Coeur (2010)
December 12th, 2010 No Comments
Franco-Hollywoodien director Michel Gondry’s latest, L’Épine dans le Coeur, turns the camera en his own famille in this heartfelt documentary. The Thorn in the Heart Keeping it in the Family by Laura Bennett CAUTION: Here be spoilers Best known for the Oscar-winning Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, the decidedly off-the-wall Be Kind Rewind, and a never-ending list of videos [...]
Tags: 2010 · cinema · documentary · dogandwolf · Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind · film · film review · France · Laura Bennett · L’Épine dans le Coeur · Michel Gondry · Reviews · The Thorn in the Heart
Film Review: South Of The Border (2009)
July 25th, 2010 No Comments
Über-director Oliver Stone’s latest documentary film South of the Border offers a provocative glance at the US media’s take on Latin American politics. South of the Border It’s like America, only South by Laura Bennett Never afraid to court controversy, Oliver Stone focuses South of the Border on Venezuela’s charismatic yet polarising president, Hugo Chávez. Regularly demonised in the US media [...]
Tags: 2009 · cinema · documentary · dogandwolf · Evo Morales · film · film review · Hugo Chávez · Laura Bennett · Michael Moore · Oliver Stone · Reviews · South of the Border · W
Film Review: When You’re Strange (2009)
June 25th, 2010 No Comments
A medley of grainy super-8 footage, Tom DiCillo’s When You’re Strange strips The Doors down to no-holds-barred exuberance. Or is it just wallowing in the mire? When You’re Strange Shaman’s Blues by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers In 27 short years, Jim Morrison managed to construct a vast iconography of photos and video footage, his pouty stare engraved into [...]
Tags: 2009 · cinema · documentary · dogandwolf · film · film review · Jim Morrison · Johnny Depp · London Film Festival · Mark Wilshin · Oliver Stone · Reviews · Sundance · The Doors · Tom DiCillo · When You're Strange · William Blake · Wilshin
Film Review: Videocracy (2009)
May 28th, 2010 No Comments
Videocracy Italian-born Swede Erik Gandini’s documentary turns the camera on the power of television in Berlusconi’s celebrity-obsessed Italy. Image Is Everything by Laura Bennett CAUTION: Here be spoilers. In a country where bella figura is a national pastime, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is the maestro of media manipulation. Having risen to political primacy with the aid of his [...]
Tags: 2009 · cinema · documentary · dogandwolf · Draquila L'Italia Che Trema · Erik Gandini · Fabio Calvi · Fabrizio Corona · film · film review · Jean-Claude Van Damme · Laura Bennett · Lele Mora · Marella Giovanelli · Reviews · Ricky Martin · Sabina Guzzanti · Silvio Berlusconi · veline · Videocracy
Film Review: 24 City (2008)
May 9th, 2010 No Comments
24 City Combining documentary and fiction, Jia Zhang Ke’s 24 City looks at the rise and fall of a Chengdu aeronautics factory. It’s China’s capitalist revolution in miniature. Made In China by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers. Taking its name from an ancient poem, 24 City is based around the industrially prosaic Chengfa factory [...]
Tags: 2008 · 24 City · cinema · documentary · dogandwolf · film · film review · Jia Zhang Ke · Joan Chen · Little Flower · Mark Wilshin · Reviews · Still Life · Wilshin · Zhang Zheng
Film Review: Dirty Oil (2009)
March 27th, 2010 No Comments
Dirty Oil Exposing Canada’s toxic Dirty Oil industry, Leslie Iwerks’ documentary investigates the casualty list at Athabasca’s tar sands and beyond. There will be blood. A Rush of Mud To The Head by Mark Wilshin The first of three films in the Toxic Fuels campaign produced by online festival platform Babelgum and übergreen Co-operative Bank, Leslie Iwerks’ documentary [...]
Tags: 2009 · Andrew Nikiforuk · Athabasca · cinema · Dirty Oil · documentary · dogandwolf · film · film review · Leslie Iwerks · Mark Wilshin · Neve Campbell
Film Review: Beloved / Les Bien-Aimés (2011)
Film Review: Elles (2011)
Film Review: This Must Be The Place (2011)
Film Review: Headhunter / Hodejegerne
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Film Review: Wild Bill (2011)
Film Review: Tiny Furniture (2010)
Film Review: Babycall (2011)
Film Review: The Kid With A Bike / Le Gamin Au Vélo (2011)
Film Review: Once Upon A Time In Anatolia / Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (2011)