CHRIS: Hana-Bi (Fireworks) (Kitano, Japan, 1997)
One of the repeated motifs of this internationally celebrated film, is that of Tangram – a chinese shape puzzle that can be rearranged to form different pictures – this is […]
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CHRIS: Battle Royale (Fukasaku, Japan, 2000)
There’s something about children killing children that remains one of the few remaining universal taboos. There is a sense of collective moral panic whenever there is a new case, whether […]
CHRIS: Gohatto (Taboo/Forbidden) (Oshima, Japan, 1999)
When I started at college, I joined the Film Society and was very quickly on the committee, which was still trying to deal with the backlash from the year before […]
CHRIS: Adaptation (Jonze, US, 2002)
About ten years ago I had an idea for a film. It was set in Thatcher’s Britain (the early 80s) where two young lads are trying to raise money for […]
CHRIS: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (Bahr, Hickenlooper, 1991, US)
To me, the great hope is that now these little 8mm video recorders and stuff have come out, and some… just people who normally wouldn’t make movies are going to […]
CHRIS: High Fidelity (Frears, US, 2000)
All time top reasons why this list obsessed comedy features in Dirk Malcolm’s greatest films since Star Wars? 1) The book upon which it is based by journo-turned-author Nick Hornby […]
CHRIS: Jubilee (Jarman, UK, 1977)
“You wanna know my story babe? It’s easy. This is the generation that grew up and forgot to lead their lives. They were so busy watching my endless media. Its […]
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CHRIS: Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room (Gibney, US, 2005)
In the Titanic, the captain went down with the ship. And Enron looks to me like the captain first gave himself and his friends a bonus, then lowered himself and […]
CHRIS: The Ice Storm (Lee, US, 1997)
“Dear Lord, thank you for this Thanksgiving holiday. And for all the material possessions we have and enjoy. And for letting us white people kill all the Indians and steal […]
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