Drama > Polish Drama

Advantages: Superbly shot and acted
Disadvantages: Perhaps a little too grim for some

FILM: A dead rat lies in a murky puddle of filth. The corpse of a cat hangs from a noose in the street, as a group of children run away giggling mischievously. These are the first two images you'll witness when watching Krzysztof Kieslowski's (the THREE COLOURS trilogy) breathtakingly disturbing A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING. The film's first third introduces us to three seemingly disparate characters: The first is a middle-aged taxi driver. We first ...
...shift by washing his car. A young couple approach him seeking a lift but he advises them he is not yet ready. Bad move - fate is about to be cruel to him … Jacek is a disaffected youth wandering the streets of Warsaw aimlessly, clearly angry at something. After being turned away from a closed cinema, we witness him impassively observing both beautiful (a young girl having her portrait drawn) and the ugly (a severe beating down a back-alley) with ... Read review

Advantages: Great deep story line.
Disadvantages: Can become a little predictable

...so he doesn't tell anyone about him not having a child. Yet Will and Marcus start to bond and form a great relationship. However Will tries to constantly remind himself that he is an island and not to get too attached to Marcus, but he cannot stop himself from being a part of Marcus' life. This comedy is brought to life by its realistic scenarios and the serious issues which are outlined in the film intrigue and engulf the viewer's attention. The ...
...events. For example when Fiona, Marcus' mother, attempts to commit suicide Will is following behind the ambulance and through voice over which displays his thoughts he says, "It was terrible! Terrible! But driving really fast behind the ambulance was fantastic!" So is it all good? Well, yes. This is a great film to watch on a rainy day and by the end of the film it will leave you smiling but at the same time with a tear in your eye. This film brings ... Read review

Advantages: Compelling viewing if you let it draw you in
Disadvantages: Has a high opinion of itself, this may deter some viewers

I could not sleep last night, and at 2am I awoke and decided to go and watch some television, within minutes I was drawn to the movie I Want You, a title I remembered but were a little uncertain as to why. Within a few seconds however my mind rushed back through time as the story, (one I was little interested in at the time) came flooding back even though it had been ten years since I last saw it. I Want You seem's very much the sort of movie you ...
...shares a terrible secret. I Want You is a very deceptive movie, there is rather a lot going on, but at the same time little story development, things just trudge along for more or less the movies whole running time; somehow however it seems like a movie you do not want to turn away from. Everyone is slightly creepy or unusually uncomfortable with either themselves or their sexuality, all except the sexually uninhibited Smokey who knows who and what ... Read review