Like the fog in August of its title, the horrors of Wessel's film don't come in a rush, but insinuate themselves gradually in what, initially, appears to be a comparatively benign setting before leaving you chilled to the bone.
A teenager is a mental hospital uncovers a Nazi euthanasia programme.
The investigations, the war crimes tribunal, these are abstracted processes going on elsewhere, made tangible by a mother's question: did they find all of her son, or just parts of him?
A documentary exploring events around the Srebrenica massacre.
Whilst it has something going for it as a study of awkwardness, it never quite takes this far enough to break new ground.
Two artistically inclined childhood friends, a comedian and a folk-rocker, set out on a tour together in hopes of regaining their “mojo” and finding love in the process.
The subject is much too large and diverse to cram into 94 minutes, but Kenner spends his time wisely, ramming home bullet points with irrefutable evidence and impressive research.
A documentary looking at the state of the US food industry.
Ray Winstone really should have known better, though his accent – American Deep South via London East End – is possibly the funniest thing in the film.
An estranged couple rock the boat while treasure hunting.
Probably a fairly accurate, if brutal, insight into the lives of a group of middle class thugs trying to fill a void in their dull meaningless existences.
An open view into the
degenerate lives of London
football casuals.
As with all comedies about ineptitude, there must come solemn moments of triumph; but, for once, this time they don't come soaked in schmaltz or get undermined by a instant gag.
Comedy kicks in the life of a tae kwon do teacher.
It's a loving homage, even verging on pastiche, but while it never comes close to wasting the talents of those involved it does fall short of its potential.
An American teenager's love of kung fu leads him on the path to adventure in a mythic China.
What is quite wonderful in all this flowing and "fade, fade, fade," fading is that the characters and their stories belong to no one specifically. They belong to a cinematic spirit world and maybe nobody even wanted them.
A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.
Tthere are about six or seven fascinating shorts competing for attention here, and Burch and Sekula’s respective backgrounds pull the film one way and then the other, never quite settling into a structurally or aesthetically consistent framework.
Film essay documenting fishermen's working conditions and sea trade.
While there is no doubting the admirable intentions of Vercoe's idea, the end result feels far too focused on her response to what happened than on the more universal impact of the events themselves.
An Australian tourist finds a trip to Bosnia changes her life forever.
There's a sense that For Your Consideration has followed in the footsteps of its own premise, that of an inconsequential movie which has managed to make it.
Award ceremony satire from the masters of the mockumentary.
Has a quiet, thorough and compelling insistence, made all the more powerful by its measured approach.
Documentary based on security camera footage from an encounter in Guantanamo Bay between a team of Canadian intelligence agents and Canadian citizen Omar Khadr, then a 16-year-old detainee.
