Film Review: Catfish
A new genre is emerging: the social network thriller. This year has seen a number of films about the web such as The Social Network and Trust, directed by David Schwimmer, about a schoolgirl who is targeted by a sexual predator on the Internet. However, unlike The Social Network, which has been accused of adding fictitious elements to the story of the creation and rise of Facebook everything that happens in Catfish is completely true. As the old saying goes: truth is often stranger than fiction.
Film Review: Never Let Me Go
Based on the novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go is the beautiful yet haunting tale of Kathy, Tommy and Ruth. Without having read the book, the film is wonderfully unpredictable. Both the trailer and synopsis barely hint at the science-fiction behind the romance and drama that the film promises.
Film Review: Dog Pound
Kim Chapiron’s 2010 film follows Butch, Davis and Angel; the latest additions to Enola Vale Correctional Facility, as they attempt to keep their heads down and their noses clean in a brutally aggressive and stereotypically hierarchical Juvenile Detention Centre.
Theatre Review: Oleanna
Joe Miller review’s York Theatre Royal’s production of David Mamet’s intense drama Oleanna
The staging of a two-character play is such a delicate art that the very undertaking of such a venture deserves applause. Engaging an audience for the best part of two hours using a narrative set entirely within a university professor’s office requires a sharp script and even sharper performances.
Comedy: LS2 interview’s Double If.Comedy Award nominee Andrew Lawrence
Double If.Comedy Award nominee, Andrew Lawrence, is currently touring the UK with his Too Ugly For Television debut show. LS2′s Emily Ansell caught up with him before his impending visit to Leeds…
Film Review: Kosmos
Bird noise based flirting, regular close-ups of horses’ eyes and an unexplained falling satellite are just some of the things on offer in weird Turkish film Kosmos. However once you allow the film to settle in your mind, there does appear to be some method in the madness…
Film Review: Jackass 3D
Without question Jackass 3D delivers in a way that a lot of blockbusters in the last two years have not. Unlike a lot of movie content, its trademark gross-out gags are perfectly suited to three dimensions, and you haven’t seen 3D used to its fullest until you have had a sex toy fired at you from a cannon, seen a party whistle extend from someone’s backside and witnessed a man projectile vomit out of the screen.
LS2 meets…Johnny Knoxville
‘Nothing made me happier, like every day. I would get up at six thirty and seven in the morning, just sit there and think of the worst things I could do to myself and my friends’
LIFF: Film Reviews
Julian Benson reviews a selection of films from this year’s Leeds International Film Festival