Raindance Film Festival · 2007
29 films · 29 reviews
Sometimes cinema tickles the senses, sometimes it tugs at the heartstrings, sometimes it exercises the intellect – but La Antena transmits to all three at once.
(Country: Argentina; Year: 2007; Director: Esteban Sapir; Writer: Esteban Sapir; Stars: Valeria Bertuccelli, Alejandro Urdapilleta, Julieta Cardinali, Rafael Ferro, Raúl Hochman, Ricardo Merkin, Sol Moreno, Gustavo Pastorini, Carlos Piñeiro, Florencia Raggi) , Official site
Colouring the palette with romance and sad music is no distraction and only adds to the fact that this film is deeply unfulfilling.
(Country: Nigeria, UK; Year: 2006; Director: Jeta Amata; Writer: Jeta Amata, Scott Cleverdon, Nick Moran; Stars: Nick Moran, Scott Cleverdon, Mbong Odungide, Fred Amata, James Hicks, Joke Silva, Zack Amata, Itam Efa Williamson, Ita Bassey, Chica Chukwu, Hannah Aniekan)
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
What might sound vibrant or at least quirky on paper ends up falling very flat on screen.
(Country: South Africa; Year: 2006; Director: John Barker; Writer: John Barker and David Kibuuka, based on the story by Joey Yusuf Rasdien and Salah Sabiti; Stars: David Kibuuka, Kim Engelbrecht, Kagiso Lediga, Joey Yusuf Rasdien, Jason Cope, Keren Neumann, Salah Sabiti, Angela Chow, David Kau, Andy 'Admiral' Kasrils, Danny K, Darlington Michaels, Tiisetso Sefatsa, Jakkie Groenewald, Charlene Karen Hayes, Tasmin van der Spuy, Tim Horwood, Vuyisa 'Breeze' Yoko, Louw Venter, Rob van Vuuren)
It has been a long time since I’ve heard such an affecting tale of abuse.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Dan Klores, Fisher Stevens; Writer: Dan Klores; Stars: Jimmy Breslin, Burt Pugach, Linda Pugach)
The action sequences are stunning, the special effects impressive.
(Country: Russia; Year: 2006; Director: Timur Bekmambetov; Writer: Timur Bekmambetov, based on the novel by Sergei Lukyanenko.; Stars: Konstantin Khabensky, Mariya Poroshina, Vladimir Menshov, Galina Tyunina, Viktor Verzhbitsky, Zhanna Friske, Dmitry Martynov) , Trailer
(Country: France; Year: 2001; Director: Jean-Luc Godard; Writer: Jean-Luc Godard; Stars: Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp, Jean Davy, Francoise Verny, Audrey Klebaner, Phillipe Lyrette, Jeremy Lippmann)
You forget you are watching a fictional narrative for long stretches of the film, so completely do the actors inhabit their characters.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Dom Rotheroe; Writer: Dom Rotheroe; Stars: Bradley Cole, Angela Forrest, Brittany Ashworth, Oliver Lee)
As gratuitous and confrontational a story as you’re likely to come across.
(Country: Belgium; Year: 2007; Director: Koen Mortier; Writer: Koen Mortier, based on the book by Herman Brusselmans; Stars: Dries Vanhegen, Norman Baert, Sam Louwyck, Gunter Lamoot)
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Leigh Hodgkinson; Writer: Leigh Hodgkinson)
This is slickly professional, and gorgeous.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2006; Director: Peter Ricq; Writer: Peter Ricq)
By focussing so intently on the minutae of the nursery Barnett creates a drama on the nature of existence
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Joseph Barnett; Writer: Joseph Barnett)
Hawke’s writing is hot on the money, as close as you know to the false bravado and insecure hope of a lost boy.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Ethan Hawke; Writer: Ethan Hawke, based on the novel by Ethan Hawke; Stars: Mark Webber, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Laura Linney, Ethan Hawke, Sonia Braga, Dave Afton, Michelle Williams, Josh Zuckerman)
Road movies come with clichés attached. Thanks to dialogue that strips convention to the bone, they have no effect here because they wouldn’t survive the verbal onslaught.
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Charles Henri Belleville; Writer: Tim Barrow; Stars: Fraser Sivewright, Tim Barrow, Imogen Toner, Tom Hardy) , Official site
This is a dark, perverted, gritty, romantic comedy that, like a new relationship, comes with big indie warts-and-all.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Alex Holdridge; Writer: Alex Holdridge; Stars: Scoot McNairy, Twink Caplan, Ann Chatterton, Cindy Drummond, Nic Harcourt, Justin Huen) , Official site
A reasonably polished film considering the minuscule budget.
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Andrew Piddington; Writer: Andrew Piddington; Stars: Jonas Ball) , Trailer
Rattles along at a cracking pace, attaining a truly epic feel despite an obviously limited budget.
(Country: Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina; Year: 1990; Director: Nikola Stojanovic; Writer: Nebojsa Pajkic, Haris Prolic, Nikola Stojanovic; Stars: Davor Janjic, Vita Mavric, Radmila Zivkovic)
A moody, raw piece of cinema.
(Country: US; Year: 1985; Director: Gus Van Sant; Writer: Walt Curtis, Gus Van Sant; Stars: Doug Cooeyate, Ray Monge, Tim Streeter)
Did he cheat, lie, fake it, fudge it, fiddle the facts, remove evidence, fabricate evidence, spin the wheel, orchestrate the action? Probably.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Deborah Melnyk, Rick Caine; Writer: Deborah Melnyk, Rick Caine)
Despite the rather distracting appearance of hypnotist Derren Brown in a minor role it is still a nice idea.
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Stefan Stuckert ; Writer: Stefan Stuckert ; Stars: Steve Furst, Sara Stewart, Gordon Alexander, Derren Brown, Lisa Halstead)
Twenty four minutes is a long time to stretch a single joke.
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: James Griffiths; Writer: Tom Basden, Tim Key; Stars: Tom Basden, Tim Key)
Like the best works of art, John Carney’s Once is both melancholy and beautiful, a fragile poem that seems almost too delicate for the big screen.
(Country: Ireland; Year: 2006; Director: John Carney; Writer: John Carney, with music by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová; Stars: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Hugh Walsh, Gerry Hendrick, Alastair Foley, Geoff Minogue, Bill Hodnett, Danuse Ktrestova) , Official site
Sure to delight young and old alike.
(Country: UK; Year: 2007; Director: Peter Baynton; Writer: Peter Baynton)
There are many remarkable things about this unusual movie.
(Country: France, USA; Year: 2007; Director: Gus Van Sant; Writer: Gus Van Sant, based on the novel by Blake Nelson.; Stars: Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Jake Miller, Lauren McKinney, Winfield Jackson, Joe Schweitzer)
Among the welter of films I am watching in the course of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, it is the images from Phantom Love that continually haunt me.
(Country: US; Year: 2007; Director: Nina Menkes; Writer: Nina Menkes; Stars: Marina Choif, Juliette Marquis, Bobby Naderi) , Official site
Waters' immaculate and freshly starched style, penetrating insight, wit and gentle but brutal honesty, provide a safety net so that we can identify with him rather than running out of the cinema or feeling personally attacked.
(Country: US; Year: 2006; Director: Jeff Garlin; Writer: John Waters; Stars: John Waters)
Shankland dispenses with subplots almost as quickly as bodies, but his debut rattles along at a nice, taut pace.
(Country: UK, US; Year: 2007; Director: Tom Shankland; Writer: Clive Bradley; Stars: Stellan Skarsgård, Melissa George, Selma Blair, Ashley Walters, John Sharian) , Official site
Instantly forgettable but enjoyable enough.
(Country: Canada; Year: 2007; Director: Allan Moyle; Writer: Willem Wennekers; Stars: Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning)
There are moments of joy, so sublime you feel your heart swell with the sound of the children’s voices and segments of sadness as sharp as a scalpel.
(Country: UK; Year: 2006; Director: Paul Taylor; Writer: Slindile Moya, Paul Taylor; Stars: Children of Agape, 'Grandma' Zodwa Mqadi, Zwai, Paul Simon, Alicia Keys) , Official site
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