Tag Archives: Gael García Bernal

Couch Potato Pickings | Blindness, and the dangers of multi-tasking

Posted on 9 October 2009 by Beth Williams

If you can see this, then you might need a Flash Player upgrade or you need to install Flash Player if it’s missing. Get Flash Player from Adobe. To activate the sound in the trailer: hold your cursor over the … Continue reading →

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The Best view | Rudo y Cursi – Star players Diego Luna & Gael García Bernal team up for comic tale of soccer-playing siblings

Posted on 26 June 2009 by Jason Best

Like Sunshine Cleaning, also released today, Rudo y Cursi is a story of squabbling siblings – and another film seeking to repeat the success of an earlier surprise hit. Back at the start of the decade, in the sexy, bittersweet … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh Film Festival – Away We Go kicks off the “Sundance of Europe”

Posted on 17 June 2009 by Jason Best

The Edinburgh Film Festival, the longest continually running film festival in the world, kicks off tonight with the UK premiere of Away We Go, a darkly funny road movie comedy from Sam Mendes. Following hard on the heels of his … Continue reading →

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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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