Author Archives: Jacob Powell
WCS 2012: Presumed Guilty
At the World Cinema Showcase, crime and punishment in Vincent Garenq’s harrowing reconstruction of the ‘Outreau Affair’.
WCS 2012: This is Not a Film
At the World Cinema Showcase, the injustice and creative resilience of Jafar Panahi’s captivating new film.
WCS 2012: The Tall Man, Hell and Back Again
At the World Cinema Showcase, harsh realities as seen through the documentary lens.
WCS 2012: The Swell Season
At the World Cinema Showcase, the receding tide of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová’s musical romance.
Time Crimes: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Ceylan’s rich, contemplative crime movie.
Send in the Clowns: The Last Circus
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Álex de la Iglesia’s circus of horrors.
What the title says: Hobo with a Shotgun
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Arthouse makes way for Grindhouse in this straight-shooting exploitation flick.
Going, going, gone:
Martha Marcy May Marlene
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: A woman on the verge...
Yours Affectionately: Love Story
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Florian Habicht’s valentine to the character and characters of New York City.
Men and their Monsters:
Footnote, Troll Hunter
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Israeli academics and Norse mythology.
Upstairs Downstairs: The Innkeepers
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Ti West’s old-new horror movie.
Love In A Time Of Architecture: Medianeras
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Love in—and for—the city of Buenos Aires.
Gold-Digger: 25 Carat
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Patxi Amézcua’s pulp Spanish thriller.
Toys and Terrorists:
A Town Called Panic, Four Lions
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Laugh-out-loud moments in stop-motion and jihadism.
Cut and Run: The Peddler
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: Filmmaking as community spirit.
Traditional Family Values: Splice
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: The director of ‘Cube’ indulges his jones for the mad scientist movie.
Film School Reject:
Birdemic—Shock and Terror
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: A ‘disasterpiece’ earns its wings.
Interior Monologues: Marwencol
At the New Zealand International Film Festival: A reluctant outsider artist, Mark Hogancamp’s imaginary world invites fantasy as self-therapy.
WCS 2012: Miss Bala