Monthly Archives: August 2011

The Skin I Live In screams Almodóvar. The director has once again challenged sexuality and raised many questions about identity, morality and science in the first film to reunite Almodóvar and Banderas since Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down (1990). … Continue reading →

It was with some apprehension that I walked into the cinema to see this final instalment of the Harry Potter saga. For, like many others my age, I grew up with Harry and this certainly defined the end of an … Continue reading →

There’re only three good cops left in the West of Ireland. One is a naïve young boy from Dublin starting his first day on the job (Rory Keenan). One is a straight laced city slicker from Texas sent by the … Continue reading →

Joeng-hie Yun returns to acting after an absence of over 15 years in Chang-Dong Lee’s feature, Poetry. She plays Mija Yang, a 66 year old grandmother who has guardianship of her teenage grandson, (Da-Wit Lee), who neither appreciates, or pays … Continue reading →

“France, home of the Enlightenment and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, land of welcome and asylum, France committed that day the irreparable. Breaking its word, it delivered those it protected to their executioners.’ Jacques … Continue reading →

Any Studio Ghibli release is cause for celebration, what separates them from any other popular animation studios (other than geography) is that you’re never quite sure what to expect. The worlds they create are incredibly inventive, always beautiful, and filled … Continue reading →

Pixar’s 12th animated film is in many ways a departure from their previous films, even from the original (and hugely successful) Cars (2006). This time around we only briefly visit the small town of Radiator Springs, where we quickly learn … Continue reading →