Tag Archives: Film
Wuthering Heights Programme Note for GFT
Andrea Arnold’s Wuthering Heights (2011) is screening at GFT in Glasgow from Friday 11th November until Thursday 24th November. My accompanying programme note will be available at screenings and online here. GFT archives all its programme notes at their site here.
REVIEW: We Need To Talk About Kevin
In a nuanced adaptation of Lionel Shriver’s high-school massacre novel, Lynne Ramsay looks beyond the tabloid headlines to craft a typically lyrical meditation on motherhood and the performance of family life. As in the book, easy explanations for such a … Continue reading
The Tree of Life Programme Note for GFT
Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life (2011) is playing at GFT from Friday 8th to Thursday 21st July and I’ve written the programme note that you should be able to pick up at every screening. They keep them online too, and … Continue reading
Coverage of the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011 for The List
I’m just back from covering the 2011 Edinburgh International Film Festival for The List’s website. I saw 36,000 movies, walked 58,000 miles back and forth between the venues and generally had myself a time. Here is the proof – eight … Continue reading
Blogging for the The List at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2011
I’ve been at the Edinburgh International Film Festival since the start of last week, blogging for The List. You can see the results here (with all the other List coverage, including the work of the estimable Paul Gallagher, my fellow List … Continue reading
Physical Impossibility 