Killing the car industry’s best hope…
Gerald Loftus returns with a look at a documentary that’s sure to get you revved up.
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Survivors speak Gerald Loftus returns with his thoughts on a provoking documentary. Documentary filmmaker and historian Leila Kilani has given us a unique look into contemporary Morocco, through her award-winning film on the country’s Equity and Reconciliation Commission, better known as l’Instance équité et réconciliation or IER, set up to help heal the wounds of almost four [...] ‘Big man’ Gerald Loftus looks at corruption in the Congo… To lead the mineral-rich Congolese province of Katanga, you don’t have to be named Moïse. But Moïse Katumbi, the current governor and “star” of Katanga Business, and Moïse Tshombe, the leader who tried to break away from newly-independent Congo in 1960, have the French version of the [...] The right notes The year 1973, when Lou Reed was at the peak of his popularity, if not yet his powers, saw the artist release Berlin, an ambitious album chronicling a couple’s drug and violence-spattered descent. [photopress:age_of_stupid_1.jpeg,thumb,alignleft]It’s the world, stupid The release of any low-budget film to a limited viewership, especially if it’s based on a polarizing and emotive subject, is bound to attract debate and certain degree of conflict. The Age of Stupid (2009) is no exception. Straight off the bat, I can tell you that this is a film that [...] [photopress:vaclav_1.jpg,thumb,alignleft]It’s a hard life in the European Parliament, Brussels, enjoying the very reasonably priced bar and canteen, free access to internet/printer/phone/fax and, most important, the chance to watch the three contenders for the European Parliament LUX Cinema Prize 2008 in an auditorium specially constructed for that very purpose. Our man thinks he’s found the winner… Without [...] [photopress:ga3.gif,thumb,alignleft] Road to Hell It would appear that the mud really does stick. Returning from the 2006 Berlinale Film Festival, at which The Road to Guantánamo won the Silver Bear award, two of the actors (Rizwan Ahmed and Farhad Harun) and two of the ex-detainees were temporarily detained and interrogated by UK police. According to BBC [...] [photopress:mossadteam483.jpg,thumb,alignleft]Butcher’s hands, gentle souls Feeling slightly guilty about tearing into Steven Spielberg’s latest, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (not because I’ve changed my mind but because normally I love Spielberg’s work, it being one of the reasons why it’s great to critique film), it seemed an appropriate time to go back to [...] Moore’s medicine goes down great The self-appointed scourge of misguided US values (Roger & Me (1989), Bowling For Columbine (2002), Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)) is back with a vengeance – watching Sicko, it’s impossible to shake Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s hilarious ‘marionette Michael Moore’ take in Team America: World Police (2005): “Bring it all down! Bring [...] |
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