Reviewed by GREG KING Stars: Lou De Laage, Agata Kulesza, Agata Buzek, Joanna Kulig, Dorota Kuduk, Vincent Macaigne. This French/Polish production looks at the horrors of war and the consequences of war from a different perspective. The Innocents is inspired by a little-known incident that happened in Poland at the end of WWII. The setting… Continue Reading »
HANNAH ARENDT
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Margarethe Von Trotta Stars: Barbara Sukowa, Janet McTeer. The banality of the biopic? Hannah Arendt is regarded as one of the most important, provocative and controversial thinkers of the twentieth century. It’s probably not surprising that Arendt is an anagram of ardent, because she certainly was an outspoken and passionate… Continue Reading »
OF GODS AND MEN
Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Vaxier Beauvois Stars: Lambert Wilson, Michael Lonsdale. A few years ago there was a documentary called Into Great Silence, which took us inside a remote monastery and gave us insights into the daily routines, rituals and practices of a group of monks. Imagine injecting some fanatical religious fundamentalists into the… Continue Reading »
