All the posts of September 2013
Although the subject of Arab-Israeli tensions has figured in many recent films, The Attack manages to find a unique and compelling slant on a well worn theme. The latest film from Lebanese-born director Ziad Doueiri (Lila Says, West of Beirut) brings a pointed human focus to a subject drenched in anguish. This picture may face some resistance from audiences because of the painful subject matter, but it rewards attention.
The film begins on a deceptively quiet …
A new movie from Steve Knight, the writer of Dirty Pretty Things, and John Crowley, the director of Boy A, sounds tantalizing on paper. Those were two of the best British movies of the last decade, so the collaboration of these two filmmakers on Closed Circuit raises high hopes. The late August release date and the lack of advance buzz tend to undermine those expectations, and unfortunately, nothing about the finished film lives up to …
