With echoes of Michael Haneke, the Austrian master’s casting director Markus Schleinzer has us on a knife-edge with his paedophilia drama Michael. Michael Behind Closed Doors by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers It speaks volumes about our cinematic viewing habits that a good ending is accompanied by an overwhelming need for justice. And it’s [...]
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Film Review: Michael (2011)
March 8th, 2012 No Comments
Tags: 2011 · Austria · cinema · dogandwolf · film · film review · London Film Festival · Mark Wilshin · Markus Schleinzer · Michael · Michael Fuith · Reviews · Wilshin
Film Review: Khodorkovsky (2011)
March 5th, 2012 1 Comment
From oligarch to the Siberian gulag, Cyril Tuschi’s documentary Khodorkovsky shines a light on Russia’s murky politics and its most infamous dissident. Oh, those Russians. Khodorkovsky How The Steel Was Tempered by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers Cyril Tuschi’s documentary on the imprisoned Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky opens in Siberia with a slow circular [...]
Tags: 2011 · cinema · Cyril Tuschi · Doctor Zhivago · documentary · film · film review · Howl · Khodorkovsky · Mark Wilshin · Nelson Mandela · Omar Sharif · Persepolis · Reviews · Waltz With Bashir · Wilshin
Film Review: Hadewijch (2009)
February 17th, 2012 No Comments
A compelling insight into the mind of a Christian terrorist, Bruno Dumont’s Hadewijch is a hotbed of religious delusion and misplaced fervour. Hadewijch Diary of A Country Priestess by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers It seems every French filmmaker wants to be Bresson. And with its young devout believer and its slow titles shot [...]
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Film Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
February 5th, 2012 No Comments
A sister, a cult member, an alias - Sean Durkin’s psychological thriller Martha Marcy May Marlene is an assured debut as gripping as it is haunting. Martha Marcy May Marlene I’ve Got All My Sisters With Me by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers It’s hard not to fondly recall Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides when watching [...]
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Film Review: Shame (2011)
January 16th, 2012 No Comments
Michael Fassbender is at his leg-tapping best in Steve McQueen’s Shame, a tale of lonely frustration, sexual addiction and grim redemption. Shame Sinnerman by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers While Hunger wasn’t so much about the hollow, echoing sensation of life without food as its political and cultural significance in Northern Ireland and beyond, [...]
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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 [...]
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Film Review: The Artist / L’Artiste (2011)
December 29th, 2011 No Comments
With dazzling performances from Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist is a vibrant homage to silent films and the talkies’ falling stars. The Artist Modern Talking by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers There’s no getting round it, The Artist is a silent movie. And as we enter the third age of 3D, [...]
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Film Review: Las Acacias (2011)
December 7th, 2011 No Comments
A slowly elegant meditation on intimacy and friendship, Pablo Giorgelli’s Las Acacias will have you screaming from the back seat with glee,”Are we nearly there yet?” Las Acacias Rolling Family by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers The South American road movie follows its own path. Unlike its counterpart north of the border, it’s down [...]
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Film Review: We Have A Pope / Habemus Papam (2011)
December 2nd, 2011 No Comments
Our man in the Vatican, Nanni Moretti’s We Have A Pope delights both in the vibrant ritual of the papal conclave and rattling its cardinals’ chasubles. We Have A Pope The Vatican Cellars by Mark Wilshin CAUTION: Here be spoilers While the recent history of the Holy See may have been blighted by silence on [...]
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Film Review: Beloved / Les Bien-Aimés (2011)
Film Review: Elles (2011)
Film Review: This Must Be The Place (2011)
Film Review: Headhunter / Hodejegerne
Film Festival: The 26th London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2012
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)