Friday, 4 December 2009

The White Ribbon

dir. Michael Haneke
Austria, 2008

Fantastic. Chilling, unsettling, edge-of-your-seat stuff. Nudges The Class off top-spot for film of the year.

Sunday, 1 November 2009

Fantastic Mr Fox

dir. Wes Anderson
USA, 2009

Tuesday, 8 September 2009

Broken Embraces

dir. Pedro Almodovar

Born in 68

Coco Before Chanel

Thursday, 13 August 2009

The Go-Between

dir. Joseph Losey
UK, 1970

This film has been far too Pinter-ised for my liking. Grated after a while, got irritating later on.

Wednesday, 12 August 2009

35 Shots of Rum

dir. Claire Denis
France, 2008

Nice, quiet tale of immigrant life in Paris. Lovely observation of a father and daughter relationship, beautiful shots of train-tracks and faces old and young. Not as much of a knock-out as Beau Travail, but then few things are, and this is a different type of film.