Garbage Warrior Oliver Hodge / UK (England) / 2007 / 86 min The film is about Michael Reynolds, an architect in New Mexico. Well, almost! Whilst the film starts like a typical character study of this environmental rebel, it later on broadens out to include a little bit more about the “earthship”, his invention of Read the full article…
The other side of the country (De l’autre côté du pays) Catherine Hébert / Canada / 2007 / 83 min The film is about the northern part of Uganda, which is split by the Nile. Whilst the subject is about the Lord’s Resistance Army and should therefore be interesting and enlightening, the director managed to Read the full article…
Beaufort (Bufor) Bavaria Film International Joseph Cedar / Israel / 2007 / 125 min Oshri Cohen, Itay Tiran, Eli Eltonyo, Ohad Knoller, Itay Turgeman, Arthur Faradjev, Itai Szor This film is based on a novel by Ron Leshem; but you wouldn’t notice that it is a fiction film as it seems so incredibly real. Set Read the full article…
Children of Glory (Szabadság, Szerelem) Krisztina Goda / Hungary / 2006 / 123 min Kata Dobó, Iván Fenyo, Sándor Csányi, Károly Gesztesi What an amazing film! Absolutely brilliant, heartbreaking, historically informative and accurately enlightening! For me it is the best film of this year. The open end also works well, because somehow there is no Read the full article…
British Piano Music Ian Farrington There is something beautiful about watching masters at work, what enjoyment they show when they tackle challenges and with what ease they perform the most difficult of tasks. What pride they have got in their work whilst thriving on the admiration of the ordinary laymen. Pianist, Organist and Composer Iain Read the full article…