Made In Prague: The New Czech Cinema UK Tour, Nationwide
Slimmed down from the London event in November, four recent Czech films do the rounds of major cities, and cover a lot of ground between them. Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs collides film, theatre and literature, as a Czech troupe attempts to stage Dostoevsky's novel in a Polish steel factory. Protektor, last year's top domestic award-winner, examines the effects of the Nazi occupation on a Jewish actress and her radio host husband with noirish style. Twosome, a road movie set in Sweden, is a more up-to-date view of Czech relationships, while Helena Treštíková's documentary Katka follows the life of a young junkie over the course of 14 years.
Various venues, Wed to 27 Apr
See: The Brighton Documentary Film Festival
Judging by this selection, British documentary-making is in fine form, even if the country it's looking at isn't. Among the domestic subjects...
Slimmed down from the London event in November, four recent Czech films do the rounds of major cities, and cover a lot of ground between them. Petr Zelenka's The Karamazovs collides film, theatre and literature, as a Czech troupe attempts to stage Dostoevsky's novel in a Polish steel factory. Protektor, last year's top domestic award-winner, examines the effects of the Nazi occupation on a Jewish actress and her radio host husband with noirish style. Twosome, a road movie set in Sweden, is a more up-to-date view of Czech relationships, while Helena Treštíková's documentary Katka follows the life of a young junkie over the course of 14 years.
Various venues, Wed to 27 Apr
See: The Brighton Documentary Film Festival
Judging by this selection, British documentary-making is in fine form, even if the country it's looking at isn't. Among the domestic subjects...
- 2/19/2011
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
The Kids Are All Right (15)
(Lisa Cholodenko, 2010, Us) Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson. 106 mins
Double lesbian motherhood proves to be no less messed up a family set up than any other here, although it does give two great actresses meaty roles, and open up a fresh set of complications when their teenage children track down their biological father (Ruffalo). Sexual politics play a distant second to character dramedy here, and even if it gets mushy, it's a funny, observant study of real, flawed people.
Burke & Hare (15)
(John Landis, 2010, UK) Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher. 91 mins
The well-filmed tale of Irish bodysnatchers in Edinburgh gets a Laurel and Hardyish treatment courtesy of Pegg and Serkis, with a dash of romantic comedy and plenty of celebrity cameos amid the irreverent corpse-mongering.
Involuntary (15)
(Ruben Östlund, 2008, Swe) Villmar Björkman, Linnea Cart-Lamy, Leif Edlund. 102 mins
Overtones of Östlund's compatriot Roy Andersson in this penetrating,...
(Lisa Cholodenko, 2010, Us) Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson. 106 mins
Double lesbian motherhood proves to be no less messed up a family set up than any other here, although it does give two great actresses meaty roles, and open up a fresh set of complications when their teenage children track down their biological father (Ruffalo). Sexual politics play a distant second to character dramedy here, and even if it gets mushy, it's a funny, observant study of real, flawed people.
Burke & Hare (15)
(John Landis, 2010, UK) Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher. 91 mins
The well-filmed tale of Irish bodysnatchers in Edinburgh gets a Laurel and Hardyish treatment courtesy of Pegg and Serkis, with a dash of romantic comedy and plenty of celebrity cameos amid the irreverent corpse-mongering.
Involuntary (15)
(Ruben Östlund, 2008, Swe) Villmar Björkman, Linnea Cart-Lamy, Leif Edlund. 102 mins
Overtones of Östlund's compatriot Roy Andersson in this penetrating,...
- 10/29/2010
- by The guide
- The Guardian - Film News
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