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The Father of my Children: A languid and stunning film about the cinema
21st January 2010 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Dir: Mia Hansen-Løve Cast: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing, Eric Elmosnino
Hansen-Løve was inspired to create The Father of My Children following the tragic suicide of Humbert Balsan in 2005. Balsan was a prolific producer and one of the most respected figures in French cinema, and his suicide sent shock waves through the industry, but the fact that one of those waves resulted in this beautiful and touching... -
London Film Festival: Trash Humpers
30th September 2009 | 0 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
Director: Harmony Korine
A film should, according to Godard, have a beginning, middle, and end (even if they aren’t in that particular order). I am, personally, a huge fan of this ideal. It is the careful structuring of a story that engages the audiences and whisks them away into the world of the characters.
I am willing to make allowances in certain cases: I would argue that many of John Cassavetes’ films... -
Harry Potter 6: two and a half bloody hours! (and something about a prince)
17th July 2009 | 6 comments | 0 votes yet, click here to agree or disagree
I believe the definition of synergy is something along the lines of, ‘the interaction of two or more agents to produce a combined effect that is greater than the sum of their individual effects’. In which case the only positive-sounding word I can use to describe this film is… well, ‘synergistic’. I suppose it is rather like one of the miraculous potions brewed up by Professor Slughorn at Hogwarts: a... -
Henry Poole Is Here: A failed ‘Indie’ movie, but a wonderful portrait of a pathetic hero
9th July 2009 | 7 comments | 1 person likes this
I seem to have developed something of a rebellious streak with regards my choice of films recently. After so many years of watching only the most critically acclaimed cinematic milestones (and the most ‘difficult-to-pronounce-in-their-original-language’ Michael Haneke films) my experience of ‘King of California’ has opened up a whole new world of lesser-known American ‘Indie’ films.
I was going to coin a phrase there – post-‘Indie’ – but as soon as you...
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Nicholas graduated in 2008 after three carefree years reading Film Studies. He has since been eking out a living as a script reader, runner, and intern around various production companies and film magazines in London. He will be tapping into the film industry that he has attached himself to like an aphid in order to bring you up-to-date news on interesting film projects.
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