Articles by Robert Bell

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  Little Bird

  Boudewijn Koole

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  Though not deliberately a mystery, insomuch as the truth isn't overtly obfuscated as a crutch for (melo)dramatic reveal, much of Little Bir...

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  The Oranges

  Julian Farino

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  Beneath the veneer of this dysfunctional family comedy is the nature of happiness as a self-serving, almost sociopathic entity, robbing the...

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  Pusher

  Luis Prieto

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  A theory popular within the lexicon of film analysis – ostensibly, the sort of thing you'd find on an undergraduate film theory final...

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  Dangerous Liaisons

  Jin-Ho Hur

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  In setup, this latest rendition of the Choderlos de Laclos novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses transports the action from pre-French Revolution...

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  Lincoln

  Steven Spielberg

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  It's not a coincidence that Spielberg's overwhelmingly didactic and expository, cinematically limited, biopic about Abraham Lincoln and the...

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  Skyfall

  Sam Mendes

  PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2012

  Later on in the 23rd instalment of the ever-expanding Bond franchise, Agent 007 (Daniel Craig) and his stoic, often blithe handler, M (Judi...

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  Tatsumi

  Eric Khoo

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  In making a documentary about Japanese manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, director Eric Khoo has immersed his work in the aesthetic environmen...

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  It May Be that Beauty has Strengthened Our Resolve: Masao Adachi

  Philippe Grandieux

  PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2012

  Most active as a director in the late '60s and early '70s, before joining the Japanese Red Army and heading off to Lebanon, Masao Adachi de...