First published on The Quietus (7th September 2012) //
Category: Film
The Hunter (2011) Review
First published on The Quietus (July 2nd 2012) //
Opening on Friday, this Aussie wilderness drama stars Willem Dafoe as a mercenary hired to track the last Tasmanian tiger. Declan Tan takes a look…
Fringe Benefits: Hal Hartley’s Meanwhile And Web-Driven Return
First published on The Quietus (19th May 2012) //
Long Island’s singular independent film auteur used Kickstarter to fund the distribution of his first feature in six years. Declan Tan finds out more
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Even the Rain (2010) Review
First published on The Quietus (16th May 2012) //
Silent House (2012) Review
First published on The Quietus (2nd May 2012) //
This shrewdly marketed remake of a low-budget 2010 Uruguayan picture has the tagline ‘Experience 88 Minutes Of Real Fear Captured In Real Time’. At least it’s short.
1st Sundance London Film and Music Festival Preview
First published on Snipe (25th April 2012) //
The first ever Sundance London Film and Music Festival kicks off later this week, from 26-29th April, with indie-Jesus Robert Redford sticking his boots into everyone’s favourite little indoor town (the O2 Arena in Greenwich, if it wasn’t already your favourite little indoor town).
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London Independent Film Festival 2012 Round-up
First published on Little White Lies (25th April 2012) //
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Scenes from a Marriage (1973)
First published on Little White Lies (3rd February 2012) //
Originally conceived of as a mini-series in his native Sweden, Ingmar Bergman’s film (or more accurately the shovel with which he digs a grave for marriage) originally aired to universal acclaim in 1973. The theatrical version, and the one you’d probably find on DVD, is a cut that shaved off some 130 minutes, yet left intact all of its spiky trauma.
Shame (2011) Review
First published on Spike Magazine (16th January 2012) //
Steve McQueen’s second feature is a visually arresting, thematically dense piece of cinema, that may, and probably will, prove to be an important film in years to come. That is, if enough people get to see it. Having been cursed with a NC-17 rating in the US and a limited release in the UK, it seems those it may have been intended for will be largely unaware of its arrival.
Azazel Jacobs Interview (in full)
First published on The Rumpus (21st November 2011) //
A New York transplant working in LA, and son of the legendary experimental filmmaker Ken Jacobs, Azazel has journeyed steadily through the independent film scene since his debut in 2003 with Nobody Needs to Know.
He arrived this year with Terri, his biggest feature yet, a droll and unsentimental portrait of a pyjama-wearing teenager, played by newcomer Jacob Wysocki. Carer for his ageing uncle (an impressive by Creed Bratton), Terri must also deal with high school, the assistant principal (John C. Reilly) and generally growing up. A well-documented fan of The Clash (he appears unofficially in the Strummer biography, The Future Is Unwritten), Jacobs once said that he wished all of his interviews were about the band. We sat down for a chat about both.
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