Tag: film

Life of Pi: Review

19/12/2012

Ultimately, Life of Pi as film is a visual complement to Yann Martel's story as opposed to a fresh telling of its own. But what a visual complement it is....

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The Punk Syndrome/Kovasikajuttu [Film]

11/12/2012

The reason this whole thing works is that it becomes, pretty quickly, a story about actual people, and not just ciphers for what is wrong with them, or the way that society treats them....

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Alexandra Ackerman: Interview

28/11/2012

Alexandra Ackerman: an LA transplant with a cache of romance novel covers, film, television and stage performances under her belt. When it comes to Hollywood substance is usually traded for beauty,...

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Beware of Mr Baker

17/10/2012

SEE Ginger whipping up an afro storm with Fela Ransom Kuti in Lagos. SEE highlights from both of Cream’s memorable Albert Hall performances. SEE Ginger, stoned out of his mind, falling off his...

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Chris Isaak: Hammersmith Apollo

16/10/2012

Deliver us from surly musicians in jeans and baseball boots. Let us be blinded by mirrored suits and touched inappropriately by covers of seemingly untouchable songs. Chris Isaak Live...

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Big Boys Gone Bananas* [Film]

20/09/2012

Back in 2009 director Frederik Gertten was scheduled to premiere his latest film at the LA Film Festival. Called simply Bananas, it dealt with alleged abuses suffered by Nicaraguan workers who worked...

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The Economy of Violence

11/09/2012

The fact that Hollywood often releases certain types of movies ‘en glut’ has led to conspiracy theories that it is manipulated by our old friend ‘dark forces’, but the truth is that this...

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David Lynch : Crazy Clown Time [Deluxe Edition]

08/09/2012

David Lynch is a deft practitioner of ‘Vagueness of form’, as so evidently witnessed in Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Firewalk With Me, and, in fact - all his films. Crazy Clown Time uses a mixture...

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London: The Modern Babylon [Film]

07/09/2012

Temple’s film is aimed at middle-aged armchair warriors, like himself, and clumsily manipulates the moving image to reinforce left wing stereotypes. Churchill was BAD. Thatcher was BAD. Ken...

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Queer British Paganism: Meltdown 2012

11/08/2012

Opening with Derek Jarman's Journey to Avebury the scene was gently set. A super 8 movie. Almost a travel document. A visual diary, a diary which continued throughout the night, for this wasn't a...

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Twilight of the Bins: indie record stores?

07/08/2012

What reason does the humble record shop now stand when people can find a wider selection of music online, when recommendations come in the form of toplists by musical heroes, and you never have to...

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Metropolis; Hawks and Sparrows; Pigsty

03/08/2012

In a nice antidote to blockbuster season, there is much food for thought to be had in three of this week's DVD releases. (I doubt the debate surrounding the Batman shooting will last for long, and...

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The Dark Knight Deflates

30/07/2012

SPOILER WARNING: this review contains essential plot details of the film but it may save you from wasting three hours in air-conditioned semi-darkness. Ever since Frank Miller created the template...

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Electrick Children

13/07/2012

Serving as first-time for both director/writer Rebecca Thomas and a lead role for Julia Garner (not bad for only her second feature), Electrick Children, while a little predictable, particularly in...

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Films We’d Like to See

09/07/2012

Back in the day MAD MAGAZINE ran a regular feature called ‘scenes we’d like to see’ containing entertaining comedy spoofs based on scenes from classic movies....

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Where Do We Go Now? [Film]

23/06/2012

Set in a remote, mountainside Lebanese village, where the church and the mosque stand side by side, you’d expect Where Do We Go Now? to be a political affair. Particularly when you consider the...

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Arirang [Cinema]

08/06/2012

Marking Korean director Kim Ki-duk's return to filmmaking, and indeed the world in general, Arirang is an interesting one that will divide opinion. Having self-imposed a punishing, three-year...

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Love on a Pillow: [DVD]

21/03/2012

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this week is the curiously titled Love on a Pillow. (Its original title, Le Repos du Gerrier, or Warrior's Rest, made no sense either.) Also curious is the fact...

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Wilfred [Comedy Series]: Review

19/03/2012

Every now and then, a very silly concept will come along and sweep you off your feet, rendering you genuinely mournful when it's all over. A dog that thinks it's human, is fiercely possessive...

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Columbus Circle: Blu-Ray Release

07/03/2012

Columbus Circle is one of those films that you find yourself entertained by, but you're not entirely sure if this might be because it's very good, or perhaps instead the kind of very bad...

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Rolling Thunder: Blu Ray Release. Review

30/01/2012

From Paul Schrader, writer of Taxi Driver and Raging Bull, it is wonderful to see Rolling Thunder make it to disc, Blu-ray, no less. Titled after Operation Rolling Thunder, the US campaign against...

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Punishment Park

23/01/2012

As the UK slips further towards the more and more real prospect of a police state — some, myself included, would argue we’re already there — this 40th anniversary Blu-ray edition of Peter...

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Trebuchet Issue 5 Art and Crime

What is a Trebuchet?

30/11/2011

What is a Trebuchet? Trebuchet is a deadly siege weapon that hurls an object by using a counterweight. ...

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Film Review: Guilty of Romance

29/11/2011

Sono's Hate trilogy fizzles out with a whimper...

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David Lynch

David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time

21/11/2011

With Crazy Clown Time David Lynch presents us with an unusual set of terms that defy non-emotional comprehension....

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RIP Pete Postlethwaite (1946-2011)

03/01/2011

On the 2nd of January 2011 Pete Postlethwaite lost his battle with cancer and fans of great acting lost a boundless source of wonder.    Since the 70s Postlethwaite has performed a wide...

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Beyond Histrionics: Film Heroes with Epic Attitude

24/12/2010

Who crushed Leonardo's balls? Made Jackie Chan cry? Let Angelina watch her husband die? These questions and more will be answered. This week, due to thoughts of not providing an answer to last...

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Zidane

Zidane: A Strange Form Of Love

22/10/2010

Zidane and Camus unlikely bedfellows a discussion of the film and it's implications...

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Uwe Boll: Is this the most hated man in cinema?

22/10/2010

Interview with Uwe Boll film maker and hated director...

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Lebowkski Festival

Lebowski Fest UK

18/10/2010

Lebowksi fest : The Big Lebowski a film festival, travelling roadshow and life beyond the celluloid. Trebuchet visit the land of bowling and white russians to 'take it easy' and fucking the eagles....

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