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As an actor Peter Mullan has rarely been afraid to delve deeply into primal emotions to qualify his dedication to a role. Paddy Considine’s recent Tyrannosaur was a prime example of this magnificent actor’s talents. Twice before as a director Mullan has proved himself unequally unafraid to tackle uncompromising subject matter, especially with his indictment […]

If consuming an inordinate number of films has taught us anything at all it’s that a group of people should never venture into the woods without telling anyone. Bad things happen in the woods. It’s where the mutants, in-breds, cannibals and psycho killers set up shop, lying in wait for their victims to cluelessly trickle

In its day, there was nothing to compare with Titanic (1997), the film that leapfrogged Star Wars (1977) to take its place as box office conqueror extraordinaire. Now, fast forward 15 years and James Cameron’s epic waterlogged romance of the way too high seas has been given the obligatory 3D treatment and shipped back into

Two compelling, influential figures, one great director. The stars were aligned when Christopher Hampton’s A Dangerous Method fell into the lap of David Cronenberg. Adapting both his own play, The Talking Cure’ and John Kerr’s book, ‘A Most Dangerous Method’, Hampton set about creating a portrait of Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) via his ill-fated relationship

Ex-pat British director Gareth Evans bursts onto the international scene with The Raid, an ultra-violent, insanely assaultive battering ram of an action film. Is this Indonesia’s greatest ever export? The set-up is hardly complicated: a 20-strong SWAT team converge on an apartment building to extract a master criminal, Tama (Ray Sahetapy) a man for so

The best text for a film to toy with the “emotional heartstrings” of an audience is undoubtedly the romantic comedy. Broad in its appeal, the filmmaker doesn’t have to worry about turning away certain audiences with horror, overblown special effects, or too much action. Romantic comedies are so successful because they parody our fascination with

Rodio (who wrote and directed) has built a Big Chill-style ensemble melodrama about a number of Philadelphia twentysomethings whose lives are pretty much all in the toilet. One couple is getting married soon, but each is having his or her doubts and temptations. One friend is cheating incessantly on his wife and even her announcement

No parents appear in Justin Lin’s penetrating debut Better Luck Tomorrow, presumably because their Asian-American kids seemingly responsible and perfectionist students at the top of their class have earned the right to nearly limitless freedom. Their absence, however, is persistently felt, as the very freedom these privileged and gifted kids enjoy is also a detrimental