An intimate epic from Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance, weaving together a story of two fathers (Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper) and, 15 years later, their sons who find their lives tangled together. An unabashedly grand slice of blue collar Americana in which the intersection of characters' fates nods towards Greek tragedy, it skilfully dodges the mawkishness of comparable pictures (*cough* Crash) if never quite delivering the weightiness its thematic ambition ai find out more...
Inspired by the true story of Ireland's biggest cocaine seizure in 2007, The Young Offenders is a comedy road movie about best friends Conor and Jock, two inner-city teenagers from Cork who dress the same, act the same, and even have the same bum-fluff moustaches. Jock is a legendary bike thief who plays a daily game of cat-and-mouse with the bike-theft-obsessed Garda Serge find out more...
"Josephine Decker has created a new style of thriller that employs allegory, incorporates touches of David Lynch as well as Magritte -esque imagery. Decker's setting of a remote farm feels like a metaphor for what turns out to be hell. The raw and emotional (and yes, sometimes funny) dialog tells a story that can seem familiar at points but really is meant to keep you guessing and off balance. I really enjoyed how the undertones of this film came to life through her very deft contrast of the find out more...
