Born Positive
Always understated, BORN POSITIVE is a carefully sensitive portrayal of the resilience of these young people and their discovery of a sense of self in the face of adversity.
All posts by Patrick Fowler
Cowboys and Indians
“A powerful vision of solace and mourning in its most lonely form…” Patrick Fowler reviews COWBOY UND INDIANER, screening at the Watersprite festival this weekend.
Rust
“A nastily intimate encounter with a poisoned mind…” Patrick Capaloff Fowler reviews RUST, a powerful short screening this weekend at Watersprite Film Festival.
Oldboy
Spike Lee’s remake of OLDBOY is a noble yet pointless and perfunctory attempt to retell the story for the subtitle-phobic, writes Patrick Fowler.
Los Lobos De Arga
LOS LOBOS DE ARGA plays a loud, boisterous and broad game, never afraid to resort to bold slapstick and sloppy gore. Patrick Fowler reports back from the ¡Viva! Film Festival.
Infancia Clandestina
Based on the childhood of its director, INFANCIA CLANDESTINA is masterful, intimate and bold, writes Patrick Fowler.
The World Is Ours
Director Alfonso Sanchez uses the financial crisis to frame his new comedy, EL MUNDO ES NUESTRO, wherein two Sevillians decide to dress as holy penitents and rob a bank.
Long Vacations of 36
Political ideology and family commitments are pushed into knife edge territory at the turn of the Spanish Civil War, as bourgeois holidaymakers try to remain neutral to the conflict.
The Loved Ones
Sadly, by not being what those her age would typically call “pretty”, Lola Star’s had to make friends with rejection. Thankfully, she has developed a unique coping mechanism.
Madwomen: Notes on a Scandal
In NOTES ON A SCANDAL, a wealthy bohemian art teacher starts an ill-advised affair with a student. All of that might’ve been okay if it weren’t for Barbara, played flawlessly by Judi Dench: Patrick Fowler’s nominated madwoman.