In A Nutshell: Brit helmer Asif Kapadia’s frostbitten, yurt-based folk myth sees a shunned Arctic tribeswoman (Michelle Yeoh) competing with her ‘cursed’ daughter for the affections of a lost soldier (Sean Bean).
Why You May Have Missed It: Neither critical nor box office reactions to Kapadia’s last effort (psychological thriller and post-Grudge Sarah Michelle Gellar vehicle The Return, misrepresented as a horror pre-release) had not been particularly positive.
Far North wasn’t loudly trumpeted upon release, despite the cast and crew heroics involved in seeing ts gruelling location shoot through to completion.
Why Missing It Is Mad: Lingering landscape shots drive home the savage beauty of that stark glacial tundra, making for some of the most arresting natural cinematography of recent years.
The pivotal moment at which an oddly disquieting little survival romance trips over into nightmarish horror is so utterly WTF-tastic, you’ll probably rewind it just to make sure you haven’t gone mental.
Far North (2007)
Nine Queens (2000)
Mister Lonely (2007)
3-Iron (2004)
Me And You And Everyone We Know (2005)
Spellbound (2002)
Man Push Cart (2005)
Hidden (2005)
Hansel And Gretel (2007)
Sweet Sixteen (2002)
The Sea Inside (2004)
American Splendor (2003)
La Sombra Del Caminante (The Wandering Shadows, 2004)
The Brown Bunny (2004)
Tie Xi Qu: West Of The Tracks (2003)
101 Reykjavík (2000)
Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
Tarnation (2003)
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Hadouken76
Dec 11th 2009, 15:39
id like to add that zatoichi, twilight samurai, dirty pretty things, in search of a midnight kiss, dead mans shoes to that list and even though it came out in 1998 i still think legend of 1900 is an underated gem
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sjsmith88
Dec 11th 2009, 18:28
I didn't miss You and Me and Everyone We Know, I caught it. Wish I hadn't. Following your 4-star review I had it in my head that I was in for a pleasant little indie. Instead it was your run-of-the-mill pretentious art-house rubbish. Dreadful.
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skinjob
Dec 12th 2009, 8:38
I'd like to add taxidermy - not a pleasant film to watch by any stretch of a twisted imagination but worth watching for the second and third acts on its own and the climactic scene is one that will stay wih me for a long time! if swallowed - do not induce vomiting!!
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namedropper
Dec 13th 2009, 14:24
We call them Neds and not Chavs up our way and I thought Sweet Sixteen was mainly set in Greenock and not the Port! Anyway I'd like to add Dear Frankie as a movie also set in the same area. Cracking performances from all concerned but especially the child playing Frankie. Will bring a tear to your eyes! Still hoping that Gerard Butler and Emily Mortimer will get together at some point!
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domduck
Dec 14th 2009, 11:21
The Year of the Dog should be in here - and Waitress. The perfect hangover double-bill.
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