Category: Art
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MELANCHOLIA
Cineworld Glasgow, 04.10.11 Lars Von Trier certainly divides opinion. Love his films, or hate them, there is no middle ground. After his infamous Cannes press conference, where he was supposed to be discussing his latest major film, Melancholia, but instead got caught discussing Nazism and sympathising with Hitler (it was all a misunderstood joke), the same…
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TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
Odeon East Kilbride, 16.09.11 The popular truth is that the demographic of cinema-goers is made up of primarily the 16-24 years old age group, and as such, if you want to have a hit movie then you have to appeal to the sensibilities of that group. Action, sex, comedy, celebrities to the fore; drama, literary…
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THE SKIN I LIVE IN
Cineworld Glasgow, 08.09.11 It’s impossible not to discuss the central themes of Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film, The Skin I live In, without giving away a central plot point, so if you are considering seeing this film in the future, it suffices to say that it is another impressive work from the Spanish director that explores his…
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THE WAY
Cineworld Glasgow, 24.05.11 Once upon a time Emilio Estevez was famous for ’80’s action-comedies like Stakeout (John Badham, 1987) and comic spoof films like National Lampoon’s Loaded Weapon 1 (Gene Quintano, 1993). He even tried his hand at writing and directing this sort of film early on, starring with brother Charlie in the over complicated and so-so Men At…
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HANNA
Odeon East Kilbride, 06.05.11 There’s so many things that don’t or shouldn’t work in Joe Wright’s latest film that it shouldn’t be any good, yet somehow, it still works as an enjoyable, fast-paced piece of entertainment. There’s not much plot, and what there is seems to be utter nonsense. Hanna (an excellent Saoirse Ronan) is a teenage…
Iain Kelly 