Charm is not quite enough to get this implausible film to fly. It’s gentle and sensitive about the fact that its central character has Asperger’s Syndrome, but hamstrung by that same force. The level of care is so high that there’s little or no comedy, and let’s face it, a romance with one character lacking […]
Part thriller, part undercover spy story and all activism, this is a brilliantly put together documentary aimed quite consciously at winning the hearts and minds of the world by exposing the dreadful slaughter of dolphins in a quite cove in South-eastern Japan. You may have never heard of Ric O’Barry – the man who trained […]
If you missed the poster with its simple declaration that “There’s something wrong with Esther”, you don’t have to wait very long to find out that she’s the evil force at the heart of this fairly standard – and very well made - psychological thriller. A precocious and alarmingly self-managed little girl, Esther - aged […]
The story of a noble priest resurrected as a vampire and plunged into a life of desire is opulently brought to the screen by one of South Korea’s leading filmmakers. Continuing his exploration of human existence in extreme circumstances, director Park Chan-wook spins a tale about a priest who becomes a vampire after a blood […]
More than anything else, Beautiful Kate is a beautiful film. Sensitively adapted for the screen from an American novel by Newton Thornburg, Rachel Ward – who also makes her directing debut – creates and sustains an intriguing, tender and delicate story, slowly peeling away the layers of a family’s past to reveal dark matter. Ward […]
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