It’s been ten years since Michael Haneke made Funny Games in his native Austria, and bludgeoned his way to a slew of prizes and nominations at the top festivals, with plenty of people praising that particular movie for its serious arty take on our obsession with violence. Since then he’s made a couple of very [...]
I’ve always been a big fan of Mike Leigh; ever since Keith nasally intoned to Candice-Marie that they should ‘ask Ray’, I’ve thought that the man really knew what he was doing in pointing the camera at the slightly mad and slightly sad.
As the years have gone by, of course, he’s gazed longer and harder [...]
Imagine that a man stands before us all and says that this movie is dedicated to “You, The Living”.
And then some odd things happen.
There are a few titters and some people trundle home with a faint smile.
The next day they think they have seen a work of genius.
You, The Living is about the human condition. [...]
I’ve always really liked perky. Perky goes a long way with me. And in Angela Vidal (Manuela Velasco) perky gets redefined as a bored and eager-for-any-story TV reporter, out for some thrilling on the spot reportage for a Spanish programme about people who work through the night, kicking her heels in a Barcelona fire station. [...]
Son of Rambow is a joyous yet also deeply irritating romp. Like galumphing around in wellies being daft with your mates, until you realise there’s a hole in the toe and you’re going to start feeling claggy and uncomfortable soon after, it bathes you in a warm feeling of joi de vivre and then clogs [...]
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