Superb change of pace from Mendes has he transports us into 1980s Britain capturing the era perfectly with future dreams and with its good hard look into its varying multiple themes of mental illness/racism that take us right down to incest and the like, this balance of hard hitters is equally matched by some great humour as well as some really well done touching moments, along with this comes its clear love and passion of cinema and how it can…
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The New World 2005
Second time round for me and once again it fell flat especially with its endless poetic and often repeated meanderings on love/lost, I also sort of remembered it to be more epic in scope in its voyage but unfortunately not it basically settlers camp and native camp with a bit of old blighty thrown in, it's all wonderfully shot though by Lubezki but again suffers from a huge amount of repetition on Malik's homegrown touchy feely thing, cast wise it's…
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Bleak Night 2010
This rates among one of best directorial Korean debut's ive seen in recent years,not only did Yoon Sung-Hyun direct he also wrote this superb dramatic look into the dynamics of school friends and the tragic events that will separate them,the way he handles these events and how they gradually unfold are brilliantly told and performed from the excellent young actors to the perfect use of flashbacks that bring this heartfelt story to it's fitting conclusion,Yoon Sung-Hyun is definitely a talent i will be keeping an eye on.
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Polytechnique 2009
With its stunning black and white cinematography and perfect performances Villeneuve's depiction of the 1989 Montreal school massacre that left 14 female students dead and numerous others injured hits really hard but handles its disturbing events with such great care and respect,one of the best truth based movies I've seen in a long while superb.
