Articles by Robert Bell

October November

Götz Spielmann

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2013

Considering how intricate and structurally surprising Revanche was and the uncompromising nature and frankness of Antares, Götz Spielmann's...

Gravity

Alfonso Cuarón

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

Considering the auteur trajectory of Alfonso Cuarón's career, tackling tales of human futility in an effort to understand or communicate th...

Short Cuts Canada Programme 2

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

Throughout the collection of shorts assembled for the second Short Cuts Canada program, perception and deception help thematically tie ever...

Short Cuts Canada Programme 3

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

Performance, whether it is one of identity or that of an artistic endeavour, is the focus of the third collection of Canadian short films t...

The Dick Knost Show

Bruce Sweeney

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

In the late '90s, when Todd Solondz was shocking audiences by skewering the upper-middle-class with Happiness, Bruce Sweeney was making sim...

Exit Marrakech

Caroline Link

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

Ben (Samuel Schneider), an affluent German teenager with a less than stellar report card, is, as intended, a bit of a blank canvas during t...

Labor Day

Jason Reitman

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

After experimenting with edginess and an inherently challenging protagonist in the underrated Young Adult, populist director Jason Reitman...

Break Loose

Aleksey Uchitel

PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2013

Knowingly, director Aleksey Uchitel opens his latest politically motivated thriller with an infinity symbol flashing and twisting on screen...