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Film Festivals 2006

Another eclectic clutch of fine cinema from around the world. The 30th Telecom International Festival kicked off this year with Ken Loach's 'The Wind That Shakes The Barley', exploring tense Anglo-Irish relations in the 1920s; auteur Terrence Malick returned to filmmaking with a different story of colonialism, an eerily dream-like re-telling of the Pocahontas story and the 'conquering' of 'The New World'. Speaking of dreams, the innovative Michel Gondry gave us the enchanting 'The Science of Sleep', Richard Linklater came out with the animated 'A Scanner Darkly' and Korean Joon-ho Bong revisited the monster movie nightmare with fan favourite, 'The Host'. More personal stories included the excellent Canadian coming of age flick 'CRAZY', Tommy Lee Jones's 'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada'; low-key thriller 'Keane' and a blackly humourous tale of the prodigal son, 'Lonesome Jim'.

Ghost in the Shell ( Blu-ray ) (1995)

8/10
Director: Mamoru Oshii

In early 21st century Japan, the search for a criminal computer genius known as 'The Puppet Master' sends a cyborg policewoman on a dangerous search,... Read more

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Mamoru Oshii

This highly anticipated sequel sees the return of Batou, the Section 9 cyborg cop who has almost nothing of his human self left - just a part of his b... Read more

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence ( Blu-ray ) (2004)

7.6/10
Director: Mamoru Oshii

This highly anticipated sequel sees the return of Batou, the Section 9 cyborg cop who has almost nothing of his human self left - just a part of his b... Read more

Hell ( L'Enfer ) (2005)

5.9/10
Director: Danis Tanovic
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Karin Viard, Marie Gillain, Guillaume Canet, Jacques Gamblin,...

Three sisters, Sophie (Emmanuelle Beart), Celine (Karin Viard) and Anne (Marie Gillain) have drifted apart since a traumatic childhood incident. Plun... Read more

Jindabyne (2006)

6.3/10
Director: Ray Lawrence
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, John Howard, Deborra-Lee Furness, Stelios Yiakmis,...

From the director of 'Lantana', this enigmatic psychodrama examines the consequences of the actions of four men who go on a fishing trip and don't all... Read more

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple (2006)

7.9/10
Director: Stanley Nelson

In 1978, cult leader Reverend Jim Jones encouraged his entire congregation, including himself, to participate in a mass murder-suicide that would shoc... Read more

Keane (2005)

7/10
Director: Lodge Kerrigan
Starring: Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan, Tina Holmes, Liza Colon-Zayas

We first meet Keane (Damian Lewis), an unkempt, thirty-something, searching desperately at a New York bus terminal for his six-year-old daughter who w... Read more

Kirikou and the Sorceress (1998)

7.6/10
Director: Michel Ocelot

An enchanting animated adventure inspired by the folk stories of Senegal and showing how a young boy, the tiny but brave Kirikou, outwits a powerful s... Read more

Lonesome Jim (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Steve Buscemi
Starring: Casey Affleck, Liv Tyler, Mary Kay Place, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Corrigan

Steve Buscemi directs this low-key comedy/drama about Jim (Casey Affleck) a chronically gloomy, aspiring novelist returning home to his parents' home... Read more

loudQUIETloud - A Film About The Pixies (2006)

7.2/10
Director: Steven Cantor, Matthew Galkin

When college-rock innovators The Pixies broke up in 1992, fans were shocked and dismayed. In 2004 their reunion tour sold out in four minutes. This e... Read more