Articles by Laura Francis
Whale Rider
Niki Caro
PUBLISHED Jul 9, 2007
"When I was born, my twin brother died and took our mother with him. And so begins Nikki Caros wrenching, resplendent second film, Whale...
Sylvia
Christine Jeffs
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
When troubled poet and novelist Sylvia Plath gassed herself in her London apartment 40 years ago, she left behind two young children, one t...
The Company
Robert Altman
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
After watching The Company, Robert Altman's latest contribution to the film canon, you can't help but think that the life of a ballerina is...
Thirteen
Catherine Hardwicke
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Evie Zamora (Nikki Reed) is the junior-high school equivalent of the girl with the most cake. The boys know it but most importantly the gir...
Touching The Void
Kevin MacDonald
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Climbing a mountain can always be relied upon to stand in as a readymade meditation on the joys and perils of self-discovery. Touching the...
Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster
Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky
PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006
Sometime in early 2001, Metallica and their crew holed up in a converted barracks in San Francisco's Presidio and set out towards recording...
Watermarks
Yaron Zilberman
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005
The well-intentioned but ultimately sleepy documentary Watermark documents the Hakoah sports club, a large, dynamic Jewish sports organisat...
Project Runway: The Complete First Season
PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2005
On the surface, a series about dressmaking promises to have about as much flexibility as a Vivienne Westwood corset. And yes, it borrows co...