Cinema Review Archive: April 2010

A Nightmare On Elm Street

One, two, Freddy's coming for you. Ian Sandwell reviews the latest in a long line of horror remakes....

The Tango Singer

Argentinean cinematographer and director Diego Martinez Vignatti shows that sometimes it only takes one to tango.

Metropia

Vincent Gallo and Juliette Lewis are voice actors for this dark futuristic animated feature from Sweden.

Four Lions

Chris Morris chooses terrorism as the subject of his directorial debut; surely this can't be controversial?...

Moloch Tropical

Raoul Peck takes Sokurov's film version of Adolf Hitler's regime and applies it to contemporary Haiti.

Greenberg

Doing nothing, deliberately.

Clash of the Titans

The fondly-remembered 1981 Ray Harryhausen fantasy is re-imagined as a CGI blockbuster. Is it heaven-sent or hell-bound?...

Strigoi

The communist living-dead arise in Faye Jackson's Romanian located comedy-horror with a - dare I say it - bit of a bite.

Bluebeard

Catherine Breillat delves into the mythology of fairytales and puts a characteristic spin on an old tale.

Dogtooth

A disturbing tale of family dysfunction reminiscent of Michael Haneke, only with a (sick) sense of humour.

A Lake

The dark world of Philippe Grandrieux becomes even more abstract in the sensory overload of his latest film.

Adrift

Vincent Cassel stars in Heitor Dhalia's Brazilian beach melodrama of a young girl's coming of age.

Triage

Opening the Belfast Film Festival, Colin Farrell and Christopher Lee star in a new anti-war drama from Danis Tanovic.

Kick-Ass

You've already decided if you're outraged by its content but is Kick-Ass worthy of talking about? Ian Sandwell finds out....