Articles by Radheyan Simonpillai

Red Road

Andrea Arnold

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2007

Both a psychological thriller, with echoes of Hitchcock’s Rear Window, and a quiet social realist drama, director Andrea Arnold’s exciting...

The Best of Chappelle's Show Uncensored

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

It's both comforting and unfortunate that the title, The Best of Chappelle's Show Uncensored, doesn't lie. It's comforting because the DVD...

Killer of Sheep

Charles Burnett

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

Plot-less and episodic, but stitched together via poetic beats and a gritty, bluesy vibe, Killer of Sheep was Black Cinema’s answer to the...

A Mighty Heart

Michael Winterbottom

PUBLISHED Jun 21, 2007

As difficult as it may be to sit through the brutal play-by-play recount of the painstaking and ultimately futile search for the kidnapped...

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Tim Story

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2007

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer is tasked with merely meeting our already flattened expectations of a continuation to 2005’s emba...

Celebrity Shorts

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2007

There’s an ample amount of star wattage in the Celebrity Shorts program for the Worldwide Short Film Festival, with Hollywood’s power playe...

Honey, I Screwed Up The Kids

PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2007

How much can be contained within the relatively short life span of youth? Judging by the shorts that make up the Honey, I Screwed Up The Ki...

Prince of the City

Sidney Lumet

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2007

In the "behind the scenes” look at Sidney Lumet’s forgotten nugget, Prince of the City, the director mentions the mixed reviews and poor bo...