The Festival du nouveau cinema came to an end last Sunday, the closing film being Monsieur Lazhar , the latest endeavour from direct...

Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011, Takashi Miike) The measurement of a director’s strength is a tricky thing. Some directors ...

Hello readers, Halloween fast approaches. Soon enough, the ghouls, goblins, Bobo Baggins', Mike Myers', Jason X's and Fredd...

Kotoko (2011, Shinya Tsukamoto) There is nothing more infuriating and disheartening than sitting in a movie theatre and realizing ...

Hashoter / Policeman (2011, Nadav Lapid) As I purchased a 6 ticket package for the FNC a couple of weeks ago (for the price of 5! W...

(directed by Martin Campbell) The Goldeneye mission was a rarity in that the origins of what propelled agent 007 (Pierce Brosnan) into ...

Shame (2011, Steve McQueen) A movie about sex. What comes to mind when presented with such a topic? Often, the gut responses are ...

The Turin Horse (2011, Béla Tarr) Béla Tarr. The name stirs the passions of many a cinephile. He is an auteur, visual poet, a stor...

(Directed by John Glen) In one of the darker chapters of 007’s (Timothy Dalton) career as a member of the British Secret Service, B...

Oslo, August 31 st (2011, Joachim Trier) To look back on a period of one’s life when things were looking grim, especially if sour...