Articles by Alan Bacchus

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  Happy Birthday to Me

  J. Lee Thompson

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2009

  Revived by Anchor Bay is this forgotten entry from the age of Canadian tax shelter cinema, an era that produced numerous genre knock-offs o...

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  Lorna's Silence

  Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

  PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2009

  It could be argued that it was Belgian sibling duo the Dardennes brothers that popularized this new prevailing trend towards social realism...

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  Trouble the Water

  Carl Deal and Tia Lessin

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2009

  When the Levees Broke, Spike Lee's comprehensive and definitive third-person documentary of the Hurricane Katrina tragedy, is a damned near...

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  The Chaser

  Na Hong-Jin

  PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2009

  There's a conscious attempt to subvert our expectations with The Chaser, Korean Na Hong-Jin's nasty and cynical serial killer flick, which...

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  G.I. Joe Season 1.1

  G.I. Joe Season 1.1

  PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2009

  I can remember it vividly: in 1983, after the first year of the new generation of G.I. Joe toys, Hasbro introduced the animated TV show. In...

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  Stone of Destiny

  Charles Martin Smith

  PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2009

  Director Charles Martin Smith, after delivering the beautifully layered and rich Snow Walker, does a 180 back towards the fluffiness of his...

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  North West Frontier

  J. Lee Thompson

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2009

  If you haven't brushed up on your history or geography, the title of this film might suggest a western, perhaps set in the snowcapped Rocki...

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  Public Enemies

  Michael Mann

  PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2009

  Nobody plays cops and robbers better than Michael Mann, and his new opus allows the director to venture back to the golden era of sensation...