Rudo Y Cursi (2008)
Rudo Y Cursi marks the emergence of a fantastic, fresh Mexican filmmaking talent. Carlos Cuaron, brother of Alfonso writes and directs this tale of sibling rivalry, which sees Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna return to the similar territory of the film that “made” them, Y Tu Mama Tambien. Coincidently enough, Y Tu Mama Tambien … Read more
Its hard to imagine that nothing at all could be so exciting, and so much fun.
Next week I begin my look at the New German Cinema movement, an act which will officially begin with a screening of Fassbinder’s Ali – Fear Eats the Soul. That particular film is an homage to Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows, a film remade by Todd Haynes with 2002′s Far From Heaven. Due to … Read more
The Class (2008)
The film that Sean Penn and company decided to award the Palme D’or to at Cannes 2008 has eluded me greatly in the past. Ironically I was actually in Paris when the film was released on British shores, missing its limited release in my humble town entirely. It was with that in mind that I … Read more
Influx
Hey everyone, I have a noticed a huge rise in viewers due to my review of Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen, so just wanted to say a quick hello to all you new readers and explain a little how the site works. Hope Lies at 24 Frames Per Second was originally created as a … Read more
The Gambler (1974)
What follows is the second in a series of essays produced in conjunction with The Cineastes. “I’m not going to lose it. I’m going to gamble it.” As embarrassing as this is to admit, I’m only really aware of the work of Fyodor Dostoevsky through the medium of the cinematograph. Literature has always fallen to … Read more
Transformers – Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
My disdain for the work of Michael Bay has been noted in the past (Click), so it was with an air of inevitable disappointment/anger/fear that I entered Transformers – Rise of the Fallen. And while the film maintained what appears to be the most common trait of the blockbusters of 2009 in mediocrity, it wasn’t … Read more
Excuses, Excuses…
Hey all, I’m just giving a bit of an update on things over here at the moment. I’m currently renovating my living and work space, which is a much bigger undertaking than I initially expected it to be. Alas things over here on the site have suffered somewhat, especially when the Cineastes is concerned. … Read more
Vampyr- “The Strange Adventures of Allan Gray” (1932)
A long-time favourite of mine, and deemed the only film worth watching… twice” by Alfred Hitchcock, the opportunity to see Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1932 hallucinogenic horror film on the big screen for the first time arose this weekend. The story of Allan Gray (Julian West), an “occult investigtor” whom on a nightly stroll stumbles across an … Read more
Red Cliff (2009)
Not being the world’s biggest authority on Asian cinema I entered John Woo’s homecoming piece with the usual amount of trepedation. An epic historical in the vain of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which shares much of its overt sensibilities with the likes of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Red Cliff proved surprisingly accesible in … Read more
