Articles by Robert Bell

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  A Single Shot

  David M. Rosenthal

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2013

  As the title suggests, A Single Shot is set into motion when John (Sam Rockwell), a poacher hunting animals illegally in the mountains, acc...

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  Prisoners

  Denis Villeneuve

  PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2013

  When Prisoners opens, Keller Dover (Hugh Jackman), a devoted suburban father prone to emotional outbursts, is taking son Ralph (Dylan Minne...

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  For Those Who Can Tell No Tales

  Jasmila Zbanic

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  As the title suggests, Jasmila Zbanic's For Those Who Can Tell No Tales is intended as a tribute, or meditation of sorts, aiming (at least...

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  Trap Street

  Vivian Qu

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  Surveillance, though intended as a safety measure, deterring criminals from engaging in duplicitous behaviour or catching those unconcerned...

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  Omar

  Hany Abu-Assad

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  Palestinian director Hany Abu-Assad (who was nominated for an Oscar for suicide bomber drama Paradise Now) is no stranger to tackling the I...

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  Mystery Road

  Ivan Sen

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  Having already made politically and socially conscious festival hits Beneath Clouds and Toomelah, director Ivan Sen has established himself...

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  Pioneer

  Erik Skjoldbjærg

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  Something consistent throughout the works of Erik Skjoldbjærg is an unreliable, or unconventional, narrator. His protagonists often have a...

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  I Am Yours

  Iram Haq

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  Mina (Amrita Acharia), a single mother living in Norway's expatriate Pakistani community, is a problematic, morally ambiguous protagonist....