Blockade, Landscape, Revue: 3 films by Sergei Loznitsa Review

20/09/2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter BACK IN THE U.S.S.R. Pieced together solely from footage sourced from the Soviet film archives, Sergei Loznitsa’s collection of documentaries, Blockade, Revue, and Landscape, provides a largely unseen portrait of Russia’s tumultuous and often deeply tragic journey through the 20th Century. Retrospectively the key events which have marked the vast […]

World In Review: The Artist and the Model

09/09/2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

GIRL ON FILM After fleeing Catalonia amidst the chaos of The Spanish Civil War, Mercè finds herself sequestered from Franco’s army upon the streets of a quaint French town – which itself exists under the daily pervasiveness of Nazi rule. As the beautiful refugee goes about life, washing her feet in the town square fountain […]

Cult Conversation: Ghosts… of the Civil Dead

03/09/2013.Reading time 6 minutes.

Words: Brody Rossiter Twitter: @BrodyRossiter IT’S 1988, WELCOME TO HELL There have been several depictions of supermax prisons committed to film over the last few decades. Whether pure action, sci-fi, or a combination of the two, very rarely do we see these intimidating structures of incarceration exhibited beyond the two genres. Usually our protagonists begin […]

World In Review: White Elephant

05/08/2013.Reading time 5 minutes.

PRIESTS WITHOUT BORDERS Inspired by the true story of Argentinian priest and activist Father Mugica, director Pablo Trapero’s White Elephant follows priests, Julián and Nicolás, and social worker, Luciana throughout their struggle to bring change to the violent, crime-ridden Buenos-Aires neighbourhood slum of Villa Virgin. After narrowly escaping a bloody massacre in the amazon jungle, […]

Curzon Home Cinema: Nicolas Winding Refn Season

02/08/2013.Reading time 2 minutes.

For almost two decades Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn has captivated audiences with his unique brand of brutally hypnotic filmmaking. Brandishing a highly stylised and effortlessly cool trademark, only matched, and often surpassed by his visceral penchant for ultra-violence, Refn has slowly but surely carved a path through World and Hollywood cinema. From his infamous […]

Netflix Film of the Week: Little White Lies

25/07/2013.Reading time 4 minutes.

The FILM IN WORDS Netflix Film of the Week: helping you navigate the filmic minefield of the nation’s favourite video streaming service.