Film – Sublime

Damascus Roof and Tales of Paradise

Naz K Rasmussen — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000

Syrian director Soudade Kaadan weaves together a portrait of dreamy Damascus as she knows it, in Damascus Roof and Tales of Paradise. Kaadan’s narrative takes the audience through a labyrinth of intimate stories and physical spaces that inhabit the heart and folklore of its residents. However, the ancient part of Damascus is threatened by government...

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Surf’s Up

Magnolia Lafleur — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 13:34:08 +0000

As well as the book – co-authored by Frosty Hesson alongside Ian Spiegelman, Rick Hesson – a film titled Chasing Mavericks has just been released. It tells the life story of the surfing legend Frosty, played by Gerard Butler and his mentorship with Jay Moriarty, played by Johnny Weston, a then budding 12-year-old surfing novice...

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Just Like You

Daisy Stenham — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:42:11 +0000

You would think that a clothing brand called ‘Citizens of Humanity’ would involve borderline unwearable hemp outfits sewn together with the sanctimonious salvia of annoying West Coast hippies. But no, this Citizens of Humanity is that achingly cool Californian brand that spin out more than one million pairs of jeans a year. One person is...

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Time to UNdeny

Aine Carlin — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 15:36:23 +0000

With an increasing amount of damning evidence proving the poor sanitary control at a foreign peacekeeper base was the source of the outbreak, the UN’s emphatic denial is staggering and disappointing. The outbreak has claimed the lives of over 7000 Haitian’s since October 2010 with a further500,000 victims also infected, and in that time the...

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Sublime Reviews… You’ve Been Trumped

Aine Carlin — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:50:38 +0000

Initially one worries about the bias. The first half hour of the film paints an unflattering picture of Trump, and you start to worry that this will be a one-sided affair. The emphasis is on heritage and memory, and you expect the film to play out as a battle between old and new. Yet as...

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Olivia Wilde – Humanitarian Extraordinaire

Aine Carlin — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 15:01:20 +0000

Voted PETA‘s sexiest vegetarian celebrity in 2010, Wilde has certainly struck a chord with the general public and with beauty, talent and intelligence in abundance this is one Hollywood star who is truly making a positive difference. Of Irish-American descent, Wilde’s most notable performances have been in the tv series’ The O.C., House and more...

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Coral Rekindling Venus

Nia Charpentier — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 11:16:52 +0000

Leaning back as the lights dimmed in London’s Royal Greenwich Observatory planetarium, the 45 minute film was a haunting and often emotional swim through some of the most elusive life on earth, and some of the most endangered. Wallworth’s project was inspired by one of the rarest occurrences in astronomy, Venus’ transit of the sun,...

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MOFILM 2012

Nia Charpentier — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0000

According to the car’s manufacturer, the Volt differs from other hybrid cars in that it uses electricity as a primary source, and petrol as a secondary one and only to produce more electricity. When fully charged, the car can drive for up to 80 km before needing any gasoline, and at speeds much faster than...

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Surviving Progress Film Review

Nia Charpentier — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:03:02 +0000

Directed by Mathieu Roy, it’s partly telling us what we already know – that consumption at the current rate is unsustainable – but they way it’s delivered means it has serious impact. Based on author Ronald Wright’s best-seller, A Short History Of Progress, the film looks at how civilizations are repeatedly destroyed by ‘progress traps’ –...

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The Nine Muses

Laura Santamaria — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:44:39 +0000

Structured as an allegorical fable and based on Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, this impressionistic documentary is divided into nine overlapping chapters and merges a dazzling array of archive material along with scenes shot in the UK and US. Scripted from the writings of Western authors, including Dante Alighieri, Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, William Shakespeare...

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