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Film Festivals 2007

Old Joy (2006)

6.7/10
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Starring: Will Oldham, Daniel London, Tanya Smith

The deeply intimate and realistic story of two estranged friends who go on a camping trip in Oregon's Cascade Mountains. Mark is an armchair liberal w... Read more

Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)

Director: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
Starring: Dixie Chicks

In March 2003, the Dixie Chicks were at the height of their popularity as the most commercially successful girl group in history. On the eve of Ameri... Read more

Jesus Camp (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady

Embracing a charismatic brand of evangelical faith during a North Dakota Bible camp called Kids on Fire, Kansas youngsters receive intense religious i... Read more

The Trials of Darryl Hunt (2006)

7.7/10
Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg

In 1984, copy editor Deborah Sykes was raped and murdered. Three suspects leapt out, but one was settled on very quickly, 19-year-old, black youth, D... Read more

Wordplay (2006)

7.4/10
Director: Patrick Creadon

In the wake of 'Spellbound' and 'Word Wars', this 'geek-umentary' gives us a peek at the eccentric, obsessive world of crossword enthusiasts. The peo... Read more

Rampage (2006)

7.4/10
Director: George Gittoes

Inspired by a comment from soldier Elliott Lovett in Gittoes' earlier 'A Soundtrack to War', the filmmaker follows him home to Miami where he lives wi... Read more

Little Children (2006)

7.5/10
Director: Todd Field
Starring: Kate Winslet, Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Connelly, Noah Emmerich, Gregg Edelman, J...

Based on Tom Perrota's novel, and adapted for the screen by himself and director Todd Field, this darkly wry drama of suburban malaise, judgement and... Read more

Like Minds (2006)

6.4/10
Director: Gregory J Read
Starring: Toni Collette, Eddie Redmayne, Tom Sturridge, Richard Roxburgh, Patrick Malahide

When student Nigel Colby turns up dead at a prestigious British private school, the main suspect, Alex, a privileged schoolmate and son of the headmas... Read more

The Lost (2005)

6.7/10
Director: Chris Sivertson
Starring: Marc Senter, Shay Astar, Alex Frost, Megan Henning, Robin Sydney, Dee Wallace, E...

Based on the novel by Jack Ketchum, this horror/thriller is set in the late '60s when the youth of America were either getting their heads down at sch... Read more

The Secret Life of Words (2005)

7.5/10
Director: Isabel Coixet
Starring: Julie Christie, Sarah Polley, Tim Robbins, Javier Camara, Sverre Ousdal, Eddie M...

A remarkable, thoughtful drama staring Sarah Polley as a deaf factory girl who is persuaded by her boss to take a vacation. After travelling to the co... Read more