Don't go looking for Lols, Rofls and PSMLs aplenty on Sunday nights on Channel 4 for the next month. The Mill is a new four-part drama about turbulent years in rural Cheshire at the Quarry Bank Mill. And by 'eck it was grim.
Not since the Brookside Close got bulldozed down have I seen so much misery and gloom from the North-West of England.
Based around the real people and history of the Quarry Bank, it wouldn't be my first pick destination for a trip in a time machine. Nobody smiled. It was slop for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And misery reigned supreme.
Women getting groped and molested by their supervisors, kids getting their arms chopped up in the machinery and then having them amputated with what looked like meat cleavers, 12-hour days with only a splodge of what looks like papier-mache as sustenance.
I'm not the biggest fan of...
Not since the Brookside Close got bulldozed down have I seen so much misery and gloom from the North-West of England.
Based around the real people and history of the Quarry Bank, it wouldn't be my first pick destination for a trip in a time machine. Nobody smiled. It was slop for breakfast, lunch and dinner. And misery reigned supreme.
Women getting groped and molested by their supervisors, kids getting their arms chopped up in the machinery and then having them amputated with what looked like meat cleavers, 12-hour days with only a splodge of what looks like papier-mache as sustenance.
I'm not the biggest fan of...
- 8/3/2013
- Digital Spy
Each week within this column Spirit Award voter & film critic Kristy Puchko will offer a keen insight on a new selection of nominees for the 2012 Spirit Awards, along with any garnered behind-the-scenes exclusives. The Spirit Awards will air February 25th @10Pm on IFC.
In last week’s column I considered the merits of some of this year’s most eye-catching debuts. This week, we’ll take a look at some returning Spirit honorees, as well as a striking doc and an enchanting ingenue that made their mark at Sundance last year.
Beginners ~ Directed by Mike Mills
Nominations: Best Feature, Best Director: Mike Mills, Best Screenplay: Mike Mills, Best Supporting Male: Christopher Plummer
The sophomore effort of writer-director Mike Mills (of the Spirit-nominated Thumbsucker) is a beautiful tangle of ideas and a muddled meditation on melancholy, mourning and mortality. With a winsome cast that includes Ewan McGregor, Mélanie Laurent, Spirit-nominee Christopher Plummer...
In last week’s column I considered the merits of some of this year’s most eye-catching debuts. This week, we’ll take a look at some returning Spirit honorees, as well as a striking doc and an enchanting ingenue that made their mark at Sundance last year.
Beginners ~ Directed by Mike Mills
Nominations: Best Feature, Best Director: Mike Mills, Best Screenplay: Mike Mills, Best Supporting Male: Christopher Plummer
The sophomore effort of writer-director Mike Mills (of the Spirit-nominated Thumbsucker) is a beautiful tangle of ideas and a muddled meditation on melancholy, mourning and mortality. With a winsome cast that includes Ewan McGregor, Mélanie Laurent, Spirit-nominee Christopher Plummer...
- 1/24/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
The Toronto International Film Festival ended yesterday and I have to say, it is the most exhausting film festival I have ever attended. Even compared to Fantasia, which runs nearly four weeks long, Tiff manages to suck all my energy. Perhaps the main reason why I find it so tiring is because screenings start as early as 9:00 Am and go until midnight, and somewhere in between you have to find time to write about the festival. This year’s Cadillac People Choice Award winner was a bit of a surprise, awarded to a film that no one I know saw, Nadine Labaki’s Where do We Go Now, a film Tiff describes as: “heartwarming tale of a group of women’s determination to protect their isolated, mine-encircled community from the pervasive and divisive outside forces that threaten to destroy it from within”. Our crew posted thier list of their...
- 9/19/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
The Toronto International Film Festival website.
Well The Toronto International Film Festival has finally ended tonight. After posting the festival award winners earlier this evening, the Sound On Sight staff – those who were present at the festival this year, decided to submit a list of their three favourite films. We should have some more reviews and articles posted in the next two days before we head out to Fantastic Fest, so keep coming back. In the meantime here are our lists. Enjoy!
Ricky D
1- Shame
Few filmmakers have probed so deeply into the soul-crushing depths of sexual addiction as bravely as McQueen does here. Shame is a remarkable snapshot of addiction and self-harm: daunting, powerful, disturbing, provocative, enthralling and visually arresting. It is also quite simply the best film of 2011.
2- Take Shelter
Anchored by Michael Shannon’s awards-worthy performance, Take Shelter is a brilliant paranoid thriller that taps into contemporary dread.
Well The Toronto International Film Festival has finally ended tonight. After posting the festival award winners earlier this evening, the Sound On Sight staff – those who were present at the festival this year, decided to submit a list of their three favourite films. We should have some more reviews and articles posted in the next two days before we head out to Fantastic Fest, so keep coming back. In the meantime here are our lists. Enjoy!
Ricky D
1- Shame
Few filmmakers have probed so deeply into the soul-crushing depths of sexual addiction as bravely as McQueen does here. Shame is a remarkable snapshot of addiction and self-harm: daunting, powerful, disturbing, provocative, enthralling and visually arresting. It is also quite simply the best film of 2011.
2- Take Shelter
Anchored by Michael Shannon’s awards-worthy performance, Take Shelter is a brilliant paranoid thriller that taps into contemporary dread.
- 9/19/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
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