In 2002 Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Pearl was kidnapped and executed in Karachi, Pakistan by an extremist Islamic group with alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Bringing
Tag: English cinema
Film review – This Is England (2006)
Against the backdrop of the Falklands war, Thatcher and the rise of the National Front, This Is England begins with bored, fatherless and picked upon
Film review – Amazing Grace (2006)
To coincide with England’s 200th year anniversary of the end of the slave trade, Amazing Grace is a stirring drama about abolitionist William Wilberforce. Devoted
Film review – All or Nothing (2002)
English director Mike Leigh (Naked, Topsy-Turvy) seems right at home with All Or Nothing since it is another “English Miserablism” film about bleak and unhappy
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