Monthly Archives: May 2007

CANNES FILM REVIEW: Coen Bros.’ ‘No Country For Old Men’

Posted on May 19, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Joel and Ethan Coen’s In Competition film is titled “No Country for Old Men” but it is set in an unforgiving 1980s West Texas landscape that appears to be populated with nothing but old men. Lawmen, … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: Anton Corbijn’s ‘Control’

Posted on May 18, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES — Anton Corbijn’s “Control,” which relates the short sad life of ’70s rocker Ian Curtis, is a dour affair but it boasts some terrific music not only from his band Joy Division but many other artists … Continue reading →

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CANNES FILM REVIEW: ‘4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days’

Posted on May 17, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES – Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu’s In Competition entry “4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days” is a harrowing tale of the grim lengths to which two young women will go to end an unwelcome pregnancy in … Continue reading →

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Beautiful images and music in ‘My Blueberry Nights’

Posted on May 16, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett CANNES — Singer Norah Jones (pictured) stars in Wong Kar Wai’s ruminative road picture “My Blueberry Nights,” which opens the Festival de Cannes today, and she makes a fine impression in her acting debut although she doesn’t sing. … Continue reading →

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THEATRE REVIEW: ‘A Matter of Life and Death’

Posted on May 15, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Kneehigh Theatre’s highly energetic adaptation of the fondly recalled 1946 fantasy film “A Matter of Life and Death” at the National is staged cleverly and it is quite entertaining, but for fans of the movie … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s ’28 Weeks Later’

Posted on May 9, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett When a movie costs an estimated $8 million to make and pulls in a reported $82 million at the boxoffice worldwide, a sequel is inevitable. What’s not so predictable is that the sequel will be as good.

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In praise of Robert Altman’s ‘McCabe & Mrs. Miller’

Posted on May 8, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett Watching the splendid new print of Robert Altman’s elegiac northwestern “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” at London’s bfi southbank, where it is playing through May 17, reminded me of why I fell in love with the film when … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s ’28 Weeks Later’

Posted on May 8, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON – Spanish director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo’s “28 Weeks Later”, a sequel to Danny Boyle’s admired zombie chiller “28 Days Later”, is a ferociously entertaining thriller with sympathetic characters, stunning set pieces and pulsating excitement.

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TV REVIEW: Lee Evans in ‘The History of Mr. Polly’

Posted on May 7, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON — The fanciful style that H.G. Wells employed for his 1910 comic novel “The History of Mr. Polly” is difficult to transfer to the screen but ITV has done a good job with its new version … Continue reading →

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FILM REVIEW: Christophe Honore’s ‘Inside Paris’

Posted on May 5, 2007 by admin

By Ray Bennett LONDON — Christophe Honore’s “Inside Paris,” which opened in the United Kingdom May 4, is a pretentious, talkative and mercifully short discourse on self-absorption. An attempt at a throwback to the New Wave, the film follows two … Continue reading →

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