Posted by RDN under At the movies / Politics and campaigns on 4 December 2008. No comments.
Look around any office. Whales wave their flukes at you. Cute dogs wear bows. Yes, there are baby-snaps and families get a look in. But animals really are it. This clever movie takes things a touching step further. More »
Posted by RDN under At the movies / Politics and campaigns on 27 November 2008. No comments.
This is the best Mafia movie I have ever seen. City of God would run it close, as a gangster movie. But this is about a squarely European scene. This is set in our backyard. And it is about business as well as crime. More »
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 25 November 2008. No comments.
I watch a movie most days, and my pleasure in them seems to get greater. Forget cultural decline or dumbing down: this is a great age of cinema. More »
Posted by RDN under At the movies on 4 November 2008. No comments.
The Page Turner (Fr, 2006). A tale of revenge amongst coolly classical French artistes. Behind the reserve and the good manners, everyone’s highly-strung and sexy and – in one case – thrillingly sadistic. It has a little something of The Secretary. I don’t think this could be made in England: we don’t make people of that sort.
