Gorgeous visuals and extraordinary sound design as expected from avant-garde filmmaker Amit Dutta, but it’s more meandering than usual despite the unusual sci-fi concept.
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Sonchidi (2011)
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Tag / 2011
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Flowers of War, The (2011)
A surprisingly uneven film with a lack of character and historical focus on 1937 Nanking.
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Suicide Room (2011)
A disturbing and occasionally powerful look at youths with suicidal tendencies through the off/online realms that they inhabit.
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Into the Abyss (2011)
Herzog’s take on capital punishment from a humanistic standpoint – haunting, hopeful, and strange.
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Oslo, August 31st (2011)
A recovering drug addict leaves his rehabilitation centre for a day to visit his acquaintances in this restrained, melancholic if also warmly empathetic second feature by Joachim Trier.
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Skin I Live In, The (2011)
Not top-tier Almodovar, but he fashions an unsettling, and at times, outlandish treatment on both psychological and gender identities.
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Alms for a Blind Horse (2011)
Shot in the Punjabi language, Gurvinder Singh’s Venice Orrizonti-selected first feature is both meandering and meditative at the same time, with fine attention to environmental detail.
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Guilty of Romance (2011)
Loads of explicit sex and misogyny wrapped in this study on sexual degradation and the politics of the (female) body, but wished it was more gripping.
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Artist, The (2011)
This silent film about silent films will be sure to make enough noise to garner some trophies come awards season.
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Albert Nobbs (2011)
Strong performances by Glenn Close and Mia Wasikowska help to elevate this heartfelt Oscar-baiting period film to something that is worth a watch.
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