Tag Archives: City of God

Out on DVD | Blindness – A chilling parable

Posted on 30 March 2009 by Jason Best

Based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author José Saramago and directed by Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles (maker of City of God and The Constant Gardener), Blindness is a chilling parable set in an unnamed city stricken by an epidemic … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Danny Goes to Bollywood with feel-good fable Slumdog Millionaire

Posted on 9 January 2009 by Jason Best

Danny Boyle’s vibrant new movie Slumdog Millionaire is fast becoming the toast of this year’s awards season. Having already played to great acclaim at a string of film festivals, including Telluride, Toronto, Chicago and London, it’s now generating considerable buzz … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Gomorrah – Fear and violence in the heartland of the Naples Mafia

Posted on 10 October 2008 by Jason Best

Think of gangsters in the movies and you probably come up with images of the Mafia crime dynasty in the Godfather movies, of Al Pacino strutting in a flashy white suit in Scarface or of Scorsese’s brash mobsters in Goodfellas. … Continue reading →

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