Garth Twa

Garth Twa is the award-winning writer and director of 'Pieces of Dolores' and 'Birds Die'. He has also written episodes of 'The Wright Verdicts', a programme from the makers of 24 and CSI, and is the author of the acclaimed book 'Durable Beauty'.

Clash of the Titans

Clash of the Titans

24th July 2010

Is it wrong to fault a movie like Clash of the Titans for not making sense? It feels wrong. It is wrong, however, to make a movie like Clash of the Titans uninvolving. Which it is.

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Lourdes

Lourdes

11th July 2010

It’s a movie that utilizes and plays with the possibilities and conventions of cinema, that challenges your preconceived notions, that actually changes you, changes your brain, like a great piece of literature.

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Life During Wartime

Life During Wartime

11th July 2010

Nothing is really much different, except Life in Wartime is not quite as enjoyable as Happiness. It doesn’t feel as twisted, dark, or shatteringly hilarious.

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Sylvie Testud

Sylvie Testud

10th July 2010

In an exclusive interview, Sylvie Testud talks to Garth Twa about miracles, faith and her acclaimed role in Lourdes.

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Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

20th June 2010

The design is pure Burton: the familiar twisted, claw-like trees, the fairground grotesquerie, but what’s back and what we missed recently is that he seems to be having fun.

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Edge Of Darkness

Edge Of Darkness

13th June 2010

The Edge of Darkness is Mel’s first film in seven years, they announce like they’re not ashamed, and they’ve brought him out of cryonic storage to punch and pistol-whip sissies in the name of family values.

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A Prophet

A Prophet

6th June 2010

He’s been sentenced to six years, though we never find out what for. Everything he is, which isn’t much, and everything he’ll become, which is formidable, comes from the prison, and starts at this moment.

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A Single Man

A Single Man

6th June 2010

With its excellent direction, performances, editing, cinematography, sound design, and dark sense of humor, this is a stunning film. I sort of miss it now that’s it’s gone, but just not enough.

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44 Inch Chest

44 Inch Chest

9th May 2010

In this world of dirty crime and pathological masculinity—where people have names like Old Man Peanut and instead of opening windows smash through them with their fists—the worst offence imaginable is cuckoldry.

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Taking Woodstock

Taking Woodstock

3rd May 2010

It is 1969. And that’s important. Man is landing on the moon but in upstate New York the El Monico, an ‘International Casino and Bar Mitzvah Center’—in reality a crumbling toilet—is in danger.

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