Udine Film Festival 2012: ‘You Are the Apple of My Eye’
★★★★☆ Reminiscent of 2010 Thai romance A Little Thing Called Love, You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) by Taiwanese author-turned-director Giddens Ko brings […]
Sundance London 2012: ‘Finding North’ review
★★☆☆☆ Thanks to the enormous popularising influence of filmmaker Michael Moore, American ‘social issue’ documentaries can now be found in relative abundance. Taking more than […]
Sundance London 2012: ‘An Oversimplification of Her Beauty’
★★☆☆☆ Perhaps the most unconventional film in this year’s Sundance London programme, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012) plays out as director Terrence Nance’s experimental […]
Sundance London 2012: ‘Nobody Walks’ review
★☆☆☆☆ If this year’s inaugural Sundance London can be accused of exporting some of its US counterpart’s more underwhelming films, then Ry Russo-Young’s dreadful Nobody […]
Sundance London 2012: ‘The Queen of Versailles’ review
★★★☆☆ Lauren Greenfield’s The Queen of Versailles (2012) takes an alternative perspective on the recent economic crisis to befall America by examining the Siegel family […]
Sundance London 2012: ‘Liberal Arts’ review
★★★★☆ Liberal Arts (2012) is the sophomore directorial effort by Josh Radnor (most commonly known to UK audiences for his role in TV’s How I […]
Cannes 2012: Competition jury announced plus more films added
The 65th Cannes Film Festival today announced the main competition jury members who will be joining head juror, Italian film director Nanni Moretti, in presiding […]
Film Review: ‘Buck’
★★★★☆ Buck Brannaman appears to be your average modern-day cowboy; yet in the equestrian world and beyond, he is nothing short of a superstar. In […]
Film Review: ‘Strippers vs Werewolves’
★★☆☆☆ It’s probably unwise to analyse films like Strippers vs Werewolves (2012) too closely. Peel away the gimmicky editing (which is effective in a naive […]
Film Review: ‘African Cats’
★★★☆☆ Disneynature’s latest film African Cats (2011) attempts to capture the magic and wonder which made March of the Penguins (2005) such a resounding success. […]