“Surrogates” (2009)
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 7 August 2010. No comments.
Can’t stand sci-fi? Allergic to blockbusters? Try this great big blockbuster sci-fi movie…. More »
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Claire Denis and “White Material”
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 22 July 2010. No comments.
This stunning movie is a blend of Conrad’s The Heart of Darkness (or Apocalypse Now) and Karen Blixen’s Out Of Africa (book and movie). Swirl in some Lord Of the Flies and you’ve sort of got the picture. Goodness knows why the right-ons love it. More »
Ghost: Creepily excellent in so many ways
Posted by RDN under At the movies / Politics and campaigns on 7 May 2010. No comments.
Roman Polanski’s movie is an excellent account of Robert Harris’s book. But it is even more of a post-modern experience. More »
I Am Love: Flawed masterpiece
Posted by RDN under At the movies / Mind and body on 28 April 2010. No comments.
For long stretches of I Am Love, I was bowled over in much the way I imagine the movie-makers intended. It had risible patches which didn’t quite shake the wheels off the wagon. More »
The Last Station: Poor Sofia Tolstoy
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 4 April 2010. No comments.
This rather good-looking film was surprisingly tiresome, but I could not be quite sure why until I read some stuff about the last days of the Tolstoy marriage. More »
The Hurt Locker: Gritty, sure. But realistic?
Posted by RDN under At the movies / Military Covenant on 8 March 2010. No comments.
The courage of EOD – bomb disposal – staff is well worth celebrating and Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker does it brilliantly. Still, this is perhaps not all that accurate an account of the trade. More »
A Single Man: Surprisingly simpatico
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 7 March 2010. No comments.
Everything about the buzz surrounding Tom Ford’s film led one to expect the worst. To overstate the case, one expected a sort of style fascism. More »
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll: 6 out of 10
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 24 February 2010. No comments.
S & D & R & R has a lot going for it, but it’s a little lame in some departments. More »
Revolutionary Row: Gorgeous but thin
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 21 February 2010. No comments.
Sam Mendes is a very good director but he has a track record of disliking capitalism and isn’t a lot better about human relations. Revolutionary Road makes these points almost as well as American Beauty did. More »
Up In the Air: not quite tough enough
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 12 February 2010. No comments.
George Clooney’s Up In the Air (2009) is in a long and noble tradition (maybe two), and it very nearly delivers. More »
