TIM AND ERIC'$ BILLION DOLLAR MOVIE
Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie is both more and less of the same: fans of Awesome Show, Great Job will love it or hate it accordingly.
Category Archives: Reviews
The Kid with a Bike: a Rebel with a Cause
THE KID WITH A BIKE marks Belgian brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s return to one of their most cherished themes: childhood in its troubling facets.
Trishna
Very loosely based on Thomas Hardy’s ‘Tess of the D’Urbervilles’, Michael Winterbottom’s TRISHNA transposes the tragic romance to the vibrant, racy setting of India.
L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la Maison Close
In L’Apollonide, a 19th century French brothel, the very air breathes opulence and languid elegance. Ann Linden examines Bertrand Bonello’s portrait of Parisian prostitution.
Even the Rain
EVEN THE RAIN uses a real rebellion, the Cochabamba protests of 2000, as part of its allegorical depiction of modern globalisation. By criticising the industry’s own system, they throw into question the film’s own existence.
Khodorkovsky: the return of the unrepressed
When Mikhail Khodorkovsky, Russia’s richest oligarch, began to support Russia’s political opposition and challenged Vladimir Putin in a televised debate, he set in motion a series of events that will resonate for years to come.
The Muppets
Ten-year-old reviewer Jeremiah Humphreys strongly recommends THE MUPPET SHOW, and examines whether Jim Henson’s legacy has cross-generational appeal.
Michael
Despite the difficult subject matter, the unshifting subtlety with which Markus Schleinzer handles MICHAEL awards him distinctions, says Ed Frost.
This Means War
Chris Pine and Tom Hardy play CIA partners competing for the affections of Reese Witherspoon in director McG’s noisy romantic-comedy THIS MEANS WAR.
For the Grand Illusion's next trick: THE LADY VANISHES
Called Hitchcock’s first Hitchcock, classic suspense screens in 35mm at the Grand Illusion when THE LADY VANISHES.