Articles by Robert Bell

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  Prisoners

  Denis Villeneuve

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 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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  Under the Skin

  Jonathan Glazer

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  Jonathan Glazer (a director with only three feature films under his belt in 13 years) has a thematic preoccupation with trust, deconstructi...

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  The Square

  Jehane Noujaim

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2013

  In early 2011, following violent interrogations from the secret police and other long-standing political issues (corruption, lack of free e...

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  The Family

  Luc Besson

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2013

  Having produced and written a handful of thematically and structurally similar hyperbolized action films, Luc Besson finally takes his turn...

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  My Love Awaits Me by the Sea

  Mais Darwazah

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2013

  My Love Awaits Me by the Sea (Mais Darwazah's introspective, filmed essay, of sorts) is, in essence, an experimental documentary that's as...

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  Beneath the Harvest Sky

  Aron Gaudet & Gita Pullapilly

  PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2013

  Documentarians Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly have a knack for capturing the atmosphere and landscapes of an environment, as well as the u...

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  The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him and Her

  Ned Benson

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2013

  Originally, The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby was conceived as a straightforward relationship drama about the disintegration of a relation...

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  Passion

  Brian De Palma

  PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2013

  Alain Corneau's Love Crime, on which Passion is based, wasn't a great film. It was mediocre to above-average vampy, female-driven, Euro tra...