http://www.screenfanatic.com/ Screen Fanatic en Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:58:00 GMT Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:58:00 GMT info@screenfanatic.com info@screenfanatic.com http://www.screenfanatic.com/precious-film-review/ Set in the mid-1980's, Precious is a searing drama rooted in graphic depictions of a life doomed to remain at the wrong end of the socio-economic ladder. Claireece 'Precious' Jones... http://www.screenfanatic.com/precious-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/precious-film-review/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:58:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-army-of-crime-film-review/ Another worthy addition to the list of true stories emerging from WW2, Robert Guediguian's latest, The Army of Crime, relates the ardent endeavours of an assortment of men and women... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-army-of-crime-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-army-of-crime-film-review/ Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:30:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/skirt-day-film-review/ A classroom hostage drama with glaring deficiencies, Skirt Day still manages to create tension from its limited scenario whilst potentially reviving the career of once iconic French beauty Isabelle Adjani... http://www.screenfanatic.com/skirt-day-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/skirt-day-film-review/ Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:03:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/queen-to-play-joueuse-film-review/ How do you successfully translate the game of chess for a visual medium? Sure, a battle of wits between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky might magnify the game's internal strategising... http://www.screenfanatic.com/queen-to-play-joueuse-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/queen-to-play-joueuse-film-review/ Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:13:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/jusqua-toi-film-review/ A featherweight romantic comedy spanning two continents, Every Jack has a Jill at least provides another glimpse at the talents of Melanie Laurent, the rising French star who made such... http://www.screenfanatic.com/jusqua-toi-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/jusqua-toi-film-review/ Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:17:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/ricky-film-review/ Francois Ozon's Ricky begins in a very real place. Toiling factory worker Katie (Alexandra Lamy) is raising her daughter Lisa (Melusine Mayance) alone. Her life is shiftless and repetitive when... http://www.screenfanatic.com/ricky-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/ricky-film-review/ Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:26:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-girl-on-the-bridge-film-review/ Patrice Leconte's dazzling The Girl on the Bridge (1999) comes alive in black and white. It's stylish and evocative, but episodic like a half-remembered dream; pulsing with dangerous energy, but... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-girl-on-the-bridge-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-girl-on-the-bridge-film-review/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:38:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/a-single-man-film-review/ Tom Ford's artful adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's acclaimed 1964 novel can best be described as the intimate portrait of a grieving man. But adapting a slender piece of literature with... http://www.screenfanatic.com/a-single-man-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/a-single-man-film-review/ Thu, 11 Feb 2010 03:40:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/seamstresses-shivachki-film-review/ The big city corrupts. It's a mantra to depend upon in stories like writer-director Lyudmil Todorov's Seamstresses (2007), an understated drama of simple country girls venturing into a metropolis with... http://www.screenfanatic.com/seamstresses-shivachki-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/seamstresses-shivachki-film-review/ Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:19:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-homecoming-i-epistrofi-film-review/ Time changes everything. Especially for a man returning to this homeland after 35 years, with innocent, almost naive, expectations of reverting back to the ways of a bygone era. Is... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-homecoming-i-epistrofi-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-homecoming-i-epistrofi-film-review/ Fri, 05 Feb 2010 03:40:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/edge-of-darkness-film-review/ Director Martin Campbell must have been persuaded to tackle an abridged, updated version of his 1985 BBC mini-series on the basis of having a great feel for the material. From... http://www.screenfanatic.com/edge-of-darkness-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/edge-of-darkness-film-review/ Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:14:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/up-in-the-air-film-review/ Confirming his earlier promise, director Jason Reitman has followed the award-winning Juno (2007) with another outstanding drama. His latest project has more of a personal touch too; gone is the... http://www.screenfanatic.com/up-in-the-air-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/up-in-the-air-film-review/ Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:14:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/invictus-film-review/ Clint Eastwood's admirable, though slightly underwhelming Invictus embarks upon the political and sporting history of South Africa, offering stirring insights into how great men forge a path for their people... http://www.screenfanatic.com/invictus-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/invictus-film-review/ Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:35:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-china-syndrome-film-review/ A film about sub-standard work practices that put millions of lives in jeopardy, with minimal characterisation, and full of technical dialogue that might as well be in a foreign language... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-china-syndrome-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-china-syndrome-film-review/ Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:14:00 GMT http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-road-film-review/ This dour, yet transcendent, trek through a blighted, post-apocalyptic wasteland was director John Hillcoat's reward for The Proposition (2005), a film which earned him plaudits both here and abroad. His... http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-road-film-review/#comments http://www.screenfanatic.com/the-road-film-review/ Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:11:00 GMT