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Road to Perdition: A Curious Study Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken Genre: Crime, drama Language: English Duration: 1 hour, 57 mins Warning: The ENTIRE review below contains SPOILERS As far as Sam Mendes’ films are concerned, 1917 has a full-blown overwhelming perspective...
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The Turin Horse Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky Writers: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos Among the various elements of camera style, the long uncut sequence has a way of getting attention for itself. Originally, the device was a constituent of mise en...
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Looper Writer-director:Rian Johnson Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt Time travel is a popular science fiction ploy but although the sub-genre is nominally concerned with ‘scientific possibilities’, its actual preoccupation is different. It is essentially a narrativization of technological, social or political fear. The very first bit of...
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Melancholia Writer-director: Lars von Trier Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård Lars von Trier has zeroed in on Andrei Tarkovsky as the greatest filmmaker of all times and, judging from his pronouncements, he is regarding himself as Tarkovsky’s successor. Tarkovsky was a great filmmaker but if Lars von...
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The Servant Director: Joseph Losey Writers: Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig Genre: Drama Language: English Release date: 1964 Duration: 1 hour, 56 mins. Awards: winner of 3 BAFTAs, and nominated for a Venice Golden Lion Story Published in 1948, THE SERVANT is...
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Les Enfants Du Paradis Director: Marcel Carné Writer: Jacques Prévert Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur Awards: Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Widely regarded as the greatest film ever made, Marcel Carne’s Les Enfants Du Paradis (1945) is not as well known in India where that other contender for...
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The Monk Director:Dominik Moll Writers: Matthew Lewis, Dominik Moll, Anne-Louise Trividic Stars: Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Joséphine Japy Dominik Moll has not been prolific, The Monk (2011) being only his fourth feature film. But on the strength of the three films widely seen, there is little doubt that he...
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Lincoln Director:Steven Spielberg Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin Stars:Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn Awards: Oscar for Best Actor and for Production Design. There are numerous ways in which a biopic of a statesman or a politician can be put together in cinema and the chosen approach...
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Arbitage Writer-director: Nicholas Jarecki Stars: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage is a political film, but its statement is disguised as family drama. The first factor that makes it highly political is that it is about a hedge-fund tycoon and investment bankers have become highly...
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The Holy Innocents Director: Mario Camus Writers: Miguel Delibes, Antonio Larreta, Manolo Matji Stars: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros Mario Camus’ The Holy Innocents (1984) is a Spanish film that may be roughly described as ‘humanist realism’ because it deals with rural poverty in Spain during the...
Road to Perdition: A Curious Study Director: Sam Mendes Starring: Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken Genre: Crime, drama Language: English Duration: 1 hour, 57 mins Warning: The ENTIRE review below contains SPOILERS As far as Sam Mendes’ films are concerned, 1917 has a full-blown overwhelming perspective...
The Turin Horse Directors: Béla Tarr, Ágnes Hranitzky Writers: László Krasznahorkai, Béla Tarr Stars: János Derzsi, Erika Bók, Mihály Kormos Among the various elements of camera style, the long uncut sequence has a way of getting attention for itself. Originally, the device was a constituent of mise en...
Looper Writer-director:Rian Johnson Stars: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt Time travel is a popular science fiction ploy but although the sub-genre is nominally concerned with ‘scientific possibilities’, its actual preoccupation is different. It is essentially a narrativization of technological, social or political fear. The very first bit of...
Melancholia Writer-director: Lars von Trier Stars: Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Alexander Skarsgård Lars von Trier has zeroed in on Andrei Tarkovsky as the greatest filmmaker of all times and, judging from his pronouncements, he is regarding himself as Tarkovsky’s successor. Tarkovsky was a great filmmaker but if Lars von...
The Servant Director: Joseph Losey Writers: Harold Pinter, Robin Maugham Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Sarah Miles, Wendy Craig Genre: Drama Language: English Release date: 1964 Duration: 1 hour, 56 mins. Awards: winner of 3 BAFTAs, and nominated for a Venice Golden Lion Story Published in 1948, THE SERVANT is...
Les Enfants Du Paradis Director: Marcel Carné Writer: Jacques Prévert Stars: Arletty, Jean-Louis Barrault, Pierre Brasseur Awards: Nominated for Oscar for Best Original Screenplay Widely regarded as the greatest film ever made, Marcel Carne’s Les Enfants Du Paradis (1945) is not as well known in India where that other contender for...
The Monk Director:Dominik Moll Writers: Matthew Lewis, Dominik Moll, Anne-Louise Trividic Stars: Vincent Cassel, Déborah François, Joséphine Japy Dominik Moll has not been prolific, The Monk (2011) being only his fourth feature film. But on the strength of the three films widely seen, there is little doubt that he...
Lincoln Director:Steven Spielberg Writers: Tony Kushner, Doris Kearns Goodwin Stars:Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn Awards: Oscar for Best Actor and for Production Design. There are numerous ways in which a biopic of a statesman or a politician can be put together in cinema and the chosen approach...
Arbitage Writer-director: Nicholas Jarecki Stars: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Tim Roth Nicholas Jarecki’s Arbitrage is a political film, but its statement is disguised as family drama. The first factor that makes it highly political is that it is about a hedge-fund tycoon and investment bankers have become highly...
The Holy Innocents Director: Mario Camus Writers: Miguel Delibes, Antonio Larreta, Manolo Matji Stars: Alfredo Landa, Terele Pávez, Belén Ballesteros Mario Camus’ The Holy Innocents (1984) is a Spanish film that may be roughly described as ‘humanist realism’ because it deals with rural poverty in Spain during the...
