Author Archives: Michelle Thomas

New Town Original

April 10th, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

The arrival of any British film, let alone a lo-budget flick set in Basildon, fills this critic’s heart with trepidation.


Ma Mere

March 25th, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

Pierre (Garrel) is a slightly odd, lonely youth. Bought up by his grandmother, he isn’t close to either of his


9 Songs

March 11th, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

Michael Winterbottom, the respected auteur and director of such films as Code 46 and In This World, has returned to


Kinsey

March 4th, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

It’s 1938 and Professor Alfred Kinsey (Neeson) is introducing a new course to the curriculum at Indiana University. His marriage


The Machinist

March 1st, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

Trevor Resnick (Bale) hasn’t slept in a year. Frighteningly thin, paranoid and unhappy, he drifts like a zombie through a


Dreamweaver

March 1st, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

Dave McKean is a bit of a renaissance man. Probably best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman (particularly the


The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

February 25th, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

Steve Zissou (Murray) is the Jacques Cousteau-style Captain of the Belafonte and leader of Team Zissou, red woolly hatted maverick


Spanglish

February 25th, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

James L. Brooks has won lots of awards with his films, most notably cleaning up the actor Oscars with As


The Magic Roundabout

February 11th, 2005 | by Michelle Thomas

Anyone who remembers the original Magic Roundabout might have been surprised to see that a feature film was in the



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