http://www.spannered.org/film/ Music, art, film and literature from outside the mainstream bubble, a platform for writers. Spread a little mp3 love. en-gb Copyright 2007 Spannered. All Rights Reserved. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT 240 http://www.spannered.org/images/skins/spannered/RSS.jpg http://www.spannered.org/ http://www.spannered.org/film/1270/ http://www.spannered.org/film/1270/ Anton Corbijn's first feature film forges a fittingly bleak yet affecting depiction of the life and career of Joy Division frontman, the late Ian Curtis. … Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/715/ http://www.spannered.org/film/715/ Another excellent Cinema 16 compilation has hit the shelves. Just think of it as a sanctuary for baby hedgehogs, says Lance Barrington. … Mon, 12 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/713/ http://www.spannered.org/film/713/ Ash Ghadiali looks at Robert Greenwald's Walmart film and asks just what is Michael Moore's legacy for the art of the documentary. … Tue, 16 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/714/ http://www.spannered.org/film/714/ The entrancing story of a musical genius who defies the odds. … Tue, 16 May 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/707/ http://www.spannered.org/film/707/ Comic road movie with an Oscar-worthy central performance that satisfies in a non-conventional kind of a way. … Fri, 17 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/706/ http://www.spannered.org/film/706/ Von Trier's newest brings plenty of things to mind. Hegel and Thomas the Tank Engine among others... … Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/703/ http://www.spannered.org/film/703/ Dave McKean's delightfully strange animations and mythical beasts brings out the little kid in you. … Sat, 11 Mar 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/694/ http://www.spannered.org/film/694/ Intelligent, engrossing thriller, but does it give you the fear? … Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/670/ http://www.spannered.org/film/670/ From Russia with horror. Nght Watch may contain a lot of mumbo jumbo but get past that and it's great, reckons Lance Barrington. … Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/669/ http://www.spannered.org/film/669/ Oliver, twisted by the Polish dwarf? Not as much as you might think – it’s a sumptuous family tale with dark undercurrents. … Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/668/ http://www.spannered.org/film/668/ Van Sant's latest has all the dreamy strengths of his last two films - just don't go and see it if you're a wannabe rock star. … Thu, 01 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/656/ http://www.spannered.org/film/656/ This indie offering gives a refreshing view of LA life. … Fri, 19 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/655/ http://www.spannered.org/film/655/ It's a movie, Jim, but not as we know it.... muses Tara P. Nevertheless, this low budget sci-fi flick impresses. … Thu, 11 Aug 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/644/ http://www.spannered.org/film/644/ Origin stories rule, despite some godawful clichés. … Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/645/ http://www.spannered.org/film/645/ Frank Miller wrote and drew the original sin city comic books and was writer on the classic batman graphic novels, Dark Knight Returns and Batman: Year One, which were a major influence on the new film Batman Begins. He has recently co-directed a film version of Sin City. … Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/646/ http://www.spannered.org/film/646/ Henry K bemoans the absence of one of Antonioni’s finest works from a season showing at London's National Film Theatre, and dissects its political importance. … Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/647/ http://www.spannered.org/film/647/ Comedy set in Franco's Spain about middle-aged gonzo pornsters with a passion for Bergman. … Thu, 23 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/639/ http://www.spannered.org/film/639/ It appears that barely a month passes without the release of a film that questions the nature of identity and perceptions of reality, however for every Fight Club and Memento there is an Identity or The I Inside. That said there were high hopes that The Jacket would bring a fresh and inventive take on the psychological thriller. Director John Maybury has a long history in British avant-garde cinema, having worked with Derek Jarman, and his only feature approaching the mainstream is 1998's  Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon. The Jacket stars Adrian Brody and Keira Knightley, the former having given an Oscar winning turn in The Pianist and the latter finally getting her chance to test her acti … Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/636/ http://www.spannered.org/film/636/ Eye-catching but conventional comic book adaptation that may disappoint. … Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/637/ http://www.spannered.org/film/637/ Visceral, effing bizarre, creepy and traumatic... From Chris Cunningham's first short we wouldn't expect anything less. … Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/634/ http://www.spannered.org/film/634/ In his fourth feature Solondz returns to his familiar style of politically incorrect and irreverent black humour. The story's set around the young adolescent ‘Aviva’, whose life’s ambition is to have “lots and lots of babies” as soon as possible. The pursuit of this desire rapidly leads her through sodomy, born again Christian Britney-esque dance ensembles, murder and abortion. Solondz  has encouraged us to question how one empathises with Aviva’s plight by using a variety of actresses to play her. These range across a wide spectrum of America from a plump Jewish teenager, a skinny ginger girl, an obese black woman to a thirty-year-old white woman. Palindromes is essentially a love story about the conditions created by desire to … Tue, 10 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/626/ http://www.spannered.org/film/626/ Low budget innovation and narcissism collide in this arresting debut. … Mon, 25 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/617/ http://www.spannered.org/film/617/ The first German film to be accepted at Cannes for 11 years provides some serious food for revolutionary thought. … Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/612/ http://www.spannered.org/film/612/ The 'Bear delights in some new, lesser known works from Kurosawa. … Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/614/ http://www.spannered.org/film/614/ Documentary films with a political bent have enjoyed continued successes over the last year, and in this spirit Musicalbear warmly receives McLibel: Two Worlds Collide by director Franny Armstrong. Originally completed in 1997, the film has been re-released due to recent developments in the extraordinary saga that has been billed as the ‘the biggest corporate PR disaster in history’.Once upon a time a number of members from a group called London Greenpeace were handing out leaflets – ‘what’s wrong with McDonalds’ – making claims about the pernicious nature behind Ronald McDonald’s seemingly benign smile. McDonald's caught wind of these accusations and didn’t like it. As London Greenpeace were an unincorporated organ … Thu, 14 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/611/ http://www.spannered.org/film/611/ Sean Penn is true to form in this interesting historical thriller with contemporary relevance. … Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/610/ http://www.spannered.org/film/610/ This gripping Second World War tragedy breaks German taboos and portrays Hitler as an all-too-human monster. … Tue, 29 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/602/ http://www.spannered.org/film/602/ François Ozon takes a backwards look at relationships. … Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/601/ http://www.spannered.org/film/601/ Art? Porn? Art porn? Henry K Miller's not so sure if Winterbottom's newest is any of them. … Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:00:00 GMT http://www.spannered.org/film/600/ http://www.spannered.org/film/600/ Bill Condon's biopic tells the story of the man who uncovered America's sexual hypocrisies... but gets a little bogged down. … Mon, 28 Feb 2005 00:00:00 GMT