Articles by Robert Bell

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  The Theory of Everything

  James Marsh

  PUBLISHED Sep 8, 2014

  The Theory of Everything, James Marsh's adaptation of Jane Hawking's memoir, Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen, mostly evades th...

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  This is My Land

  Tamara Erde

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2014

  In structure and execution, Tamara Erde's freshman documentary feature This is My Land is very much like a social sciences thesis, starting...

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  Not My Type

  Lucas Belvaux

  PUBLISHED Sep 7, 2014

  Since directing the trilogy of films, On the Run, The Amazing Couple and After Life back in 2002, wherein the same characters were placed i...

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  Clouds of Sils Maria

  Olivier Assayas

  PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2014

  On paper, Olivier Assayas' latest deconstruction of modern culture, Clouds of Sils Maria, appears facile. Maria Enders (Juliette Binoche) &...

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  They Have Escaped

  J.-P. Valkeapää

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2014

  In thematic trajectory and narrative execution, J.-P. Valkeapää's sophomore feature, They Have Escaped, is very much like an avant-garde, F...

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  Two Days, One Night

  Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2014

  Staying true to their aesthetic and thematic auteur trajectory, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's latest work, Two Days, One Night, utilizes p...

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  Bird People

  Pascale Ferran

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2014

  Initially, Bird People, Pascale Ferran's long-awaited follow-up to her grounded and assured adaptation of Lady Chatterley in 2006, presents...

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  Girlhood

  Céline Sciamma

  PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2014

  Céline Sciamma, the French director that demonstrated such a keen aptitude for telling stories about gender politics exacerbated by adolesc...