★★★★☆ South Korean director Yi Seung-jun’s heartfelt documentary Planet of Snail (2011) presents the moving tale of Young-Chan, a soulful individual who lost both his sight and hearing as a child and since then has only been able to communicate through his sense of touch. Fortunately for Young-Chan, he met Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Winner of the People’s Choice Award at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival, Lebanese director Nadine Labaki’s Where Do We Go Now? (2011) is the long-awaited follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut Caramel (2007) which, like her latest offering, centres around the lives of Lebanese women.Whereas Caramel was set in the hustle Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ British director Stephen Frears’ career boasts many successful films including Dangerous Liaisons (1988), High Fidelity (2000) and The Queen (2006), but in recent years his output has been disappointing. Lay the Favourite (2012), starring Bruce Willis, Rebecca Hall and Catherine Zeta-Jones, shows little evidence of changing that trend. Hall Continue Reading
★★★★☆ Prolific man-child director Judd Apatow is back in the producer hot-seat for The Five-Year Engagement (2012), an entertaining romantic comedy which will please Apatow fans as well as appeal to broader audiences. Directed by Nicholas Stoller, the plot follows Tom (Jason Segel, reuniting with Stoller) and Violet (Emily Blunt) Continue Reading