Bradford International Film Festival · 2007
27 films · 27 reviews
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Jennifer Shainin, Randy Walker; Writer: Jennifer Shainin, Randy Walker; Stars: Susan Alotrico, Tony Cladoosby, Kyle Conyers, Alice Ellingson, Toan Le, Jessica Marlowe-Goldstein, Kathleen McNearney, Michael Sheiman, Gary Schoonveld, Kwami Taha)
A hilarious screwball comedy
(Country: Denmark, Sweden, Iceland, Italy, France, Norway, Finland, Germany; Year: 2006; Director: Lars von Trier; Writer: Lars von Trier; Stars: Jens Albinus, Peter Gantzler, Benedikt Erlingsson, Iben Hjejle, Henrik Prip, Mia Lyhne, Casper Christensen, Louise Mieritz, Jean-Marc Barr, Sofie Gråbøl, Anders Hove, Lars von Trier) , Trailer
It's a slick and intoxicating vision to say the least.
(Country: USA; Year: 2005; Director: Tim Burton; Writer: John August, based on the book by Roald Dahl; Stars: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly, Helena Bonham Carter, Noah Taylor, Missi Pyle, James Fox, Deep Roy, Christopher Lee, Adam Godley, Franziska Troegner, Annasophia Robb, Julia Winter, Jordan Fry, Philip Wiegratz, Blair Dunlop)
Days of Glory is a great film, thoroughly deserving of the award attention that it has received.
(Country: France/Morocco/Algeria/Belgium; Year: 2006; Director: Rachid Bouchareb; Writer: Rachid Bouchareb, Olivier Lorelle; Stars: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Roschdy Zem, Sami Bouajila, Bernard Blancan, Mathieu Simonet)
Despite all the blood on screen, Fast Food Nation is a strangely anaemic movie.
(Country: UK/US; Year: 2006; Director: Richard Linklater; Writer: Eric Schlosser, Richard Linklater, based on the book by Eric Schlosser; Stars: Greg Kinnear, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Bobby Cannavale, Wilmer Valderrama, Ana Claudia Talancon, Luis Guzman, Frank Ertl, Bruce Willis, Ethan Hawke, Kris Kristofferson, Patricia Arquette, Paul Dano, Armando Hernandez, Michael Conway)
The UN describes Haiti as the most dangerous place on earth and this haunting documentary shows us why.
(Country: Denmark, USA; Year: 2006; Director: Asger Leth and Milos Loncarevic; Writer: Asger Leth; Stars: Winson '2Pac' Jean, Wyclef Jean, James 'Bily' Petit Frère, Éleonore 'Lele' Senlis)
Half Nelson is a believeable film, depressing at times but smart and moving.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Ryan Fleck; Writer: Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck; Stars: Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Monique Curnen, Karen Chilton, Tina Holmes, Collins Pennie, Deborah Rush, Jay O. Sanders, Bryce Silver, Sebastian Sozzi)
This is a long, slow and supremely well-written film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2000; Director: Terence Davies; Writer: Terence Davies, based on the novel by Edith Wharton; Stars: Gillian Anderson, Eric Stoltz, Dan Aykroyd, Eleanor Bron, Terry Kinney, Laura Linney, Anthony LaPaglia, Jodhi May, Elizabeth McGovern, Eric Stoltz)
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Jes Benstock; Writer: Jes Benstock; Stars: Professor Jonathan Webber, Miroslaw Obstarczyk, Emmanuel Elbinger, Wande Hutny, Chris Schwarz )
(Country: Italy/France; Year: 2006; Director: Nanni Moretti; Writer: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, Heidrun Schleef; Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido, Daniele Rampello, Giacomo Passarelli, Nanni Moretti, Giuliano Montaldo, Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, Paolo Sorrentino, Elio De Capitani, Tatti Sanguinetti, Jerzy Stuhr, Toni Bertorelli)
Richly atmospheric and often deeply disturbing, Jindabyne is a superb example of well-crafted drama, cinema taking on real issues without ever losing its narrative edge.
(Country: Australia; Year: 2006; Director: Ray Lawrence; Writer: Raymond Carver, Beatrix Christian; Stars: Laura Linney, Gabriel Byrne, Chris Haywood, Deborra-Lee Furness, John Howard, Leah Purcell, Eva Lazzero, Sean Rees-Wemyss, Alice Garner, Simon Stone, Betty Lucas, Max Cullen, Mala Ghedia, Tatea Reilly, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell, Stelios Yiakmis) , Official site , Trailer
(Country: Austria, France, Germany, UK; Year: 2006; Director: Raoul Ruiz; Writer: Raoul Ruiz and Gilbert Adair; Stars: John Malkovich, Veronica Ferres, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Dillane, Paul Hilton)
A chilling, but ultimately uplifting glimpse into the lives of those trapped within the repressive regime of East Germany.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2006; Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Writer: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck; Stars: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme)
Los Muertos has a certain cold beauty.
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2004; Director: Lisandro Alonso; Writer: Lisandro Alonso; Stars: Argentino Vargas)
It's not so much kitchen sink, as tenement trauma.
(Country: France, Germany, Italy , Spain, UK; Year: 1998; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Peter Mullan, Louise Goodall, David McKay, Anne-Marie Kennedy, David Hayman, Gary Lewis, Lorraine McIntosh, Scott Hannah, David Peacock, Gordon McMurray, James McHendry)
Both Catherine Frot and Deborah Francois deliver excellent performances... the tension between the two visibly crackles.
(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Denis Dercourt; Writer: Denis Dercourt, Jacques Sotty; Stars: Catherine Frot, Deborah Francois, Pascal Greggory, Xavier De Guillebon, Christine Citti, Clotilde Mollet)
It is like nibbling for nearly two hours in the kitchens of the best chefs. At the end we are exhausted and hungry.
(Country: Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany, France; Year: 2006; Director: Olivier Assayas, Frédéric Auburtin, Emmanuel Benbihy, Gurinder Chadha, Sylvain Chomet, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Isabel Coixet, Wes Craven, Alfonso Cuarón, Gérard Depardieu, Christopher Doyle, Richard LaGravenese, Vincenzo Natali, Alexander Payne, Br; Writer: Tristan Carné; Stars: Marianne Faithfull, Steve Buscemi, Miranda Richardson, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Nick Nolte, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Bob Hoskins, Wes Craven, Elijah Wood, Emily Mortimer, Natalie Portman, GCraven, Elijah Wood, Emily Mortimer, Natalie Portman, Gérard Depardieu)
Police Beat is a strange little film. Niang is stiff and wooden at times, but, at others, the flow is perfect.
(Country: US; Year: 2005; Director: Robinson Devor; Writer: Robinson Devor, Charles Mudede; Stars: Pape Sidy Niang, Anna Oxygen, Eric Breedlove, Sarah Harlett, Elijah Geiger)
The performances are strong and Larkin and Menzies in particular have an intensity that lifts this film above the pack.
(Country: UK; Year: 2005; Director: Alec Boehm & Stephanie Argy; Writer: Bryan Larkin; Stars: Bryan Larkin, Marc Twynholm, Hamish Menzies, Richard Saade)
Singin' in the Rain remains one of the most enduring, effervescent and exuberant of films.
(Country: US; Year: 1952; Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly; Writer: Adolph Green, Betty Comden; Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen, Millard Mitchell, Cyd Charisse, Douglas Fowley, Rita Moreno, Dawn Addams, John Albright, Betty Allen)
Enjoyable, and well assembled, but the distance in language and setting work against it.
(Country: Germany; Year: 2005; Director: Andreas Dresen; Writer: Wolfgang Kohlhaase; Stars: Inka Friedrich, Nadja Uhl, Andreas Schmidt, Stefanie Schönfeld, Vincent Redetzki)
A fascinating autobiographical montage.
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Mark Craig)
This is a crisp and well made thriller. It confidently moves the story with its universal themes of secrecy and the abuse of power to France, and grips all the way through.
(Country: France; Year: 2006; Director: Guillaume Canet; Writer: Guillaume Canet, based on the novel by Harlan Coben.; Stars: François Cluzet, Marie-Josée Croze, André Dussollier, Kristin Scott Thomas, François Berléand)
This is England is, quite simply, the best British film for years. If you're underage, sneak into this film.
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Shane Meadows; Writer: Shane Meadows; Stars: Thomas Turgoose, Stephen Graham, Jo Hartley, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Joseph Gilgun, Perry Benson, George Newton, Frank Harper, Jack O'Connell, Kieran Hardcastle)
What raises Cameron's creation above costumed action spectacle is the quality of the writing and the chemistry of its juve leads.
(Country: US; Year: 1997; Director: James Cameron; Writer: James Cameron; Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart, Bill Paxton, Bernard Hill, David Warner, Victor Garber, Jonathan Hyde)
Visually awesome, panoramic, brilliantly acted and bursting with beautiful poetry and imagery.
(Country: Canada, India; Year: 2005; Director: Deepa Mehta; Writer: Deepa Mehta; Stars: Lisa Ray, Sarala, Buddhi Wickrama, Rinsly Weerarathne, Iranganie Serasinghe, Hermantha Gamage, Ronica Sajnani, Manorama, Rishma Malik, Seema Biswas, Vidula Javalgekar)
You could talk your way round the houses and still come up with very good reasons for believing that when Loach goes political, he makes Karl Marx look benign.
(Country: Germany / Italy / Spain / France / Ireland / UK; Year: 2006; Director: Ken Loach; Writer: Paul Laverty; Stars: Cillian Murphy, Padraic Delaney, Liam Cunningham, Gerard Kearney, William Ruane, Orla Fitzgerald, Siobhan McSweeney, Roger Allam, Frank Bourke)
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