★★★★☆ Jonathan Blow, developer of the hugely popular Braid, once said: “Let me take my deepest flaws and vulnerabilities, put them in the game, and see what happens.” Chronicling the figures at the forefront of the ‘indie game’ revolution, Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky’s Indie Game: The Movie (2012) focuses Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Somewhat unfortunately released in cinemas at a time when sympathy for the Israeli military is perilously low, Eytan Fox’s melancholic romance Yossi (2012) – the belated follow-up to his own Yossi and Jagger (2002) – is a surprisingly touching story of loss and rekindled sexuality. Featuring a sensual soundtrack Continue Reading
★★☆☆☆ Finding its way into selected UK cinemas this week despite a minuscule £55,000 budget, Scottish filmmaker David Barras’ comic book/film noir homage Electric Man (2012) certainly deserves credit for its endearing lightheartedness and flashes of quality – even if the final results fail to ever really impress as a Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ Winner of the Queer Palm at this year’s Cannes and Best Canadian Feature at Toronto, 23-year auteur in the making Xavier Dolan offers us an unconventional love story in Laurence Anyways (2012), demonstrating the pitfalls of his unrestrained approach to filmmaking. The opening shot shows the staunch strut of Continue Reading
★★★☆☆ One of the founding members of the Dogme 95 movement, Danish director Thomas Vinterberg has struggled to match the monumental heights of his devastatingly powerful debut tale of domestic catharsis, Festen (1998). However, with The Hunt (Jagten, 2012), Vinterberg has once again found himself in the spotlight after receiving Continue Reading