Triangle first published by Film4 On-stage with writer/director Christopher Smith (Creep, Severance) at the Film4 FrightFest 2009 to introduce the world premiere of Triangle, lead actress Melissa George seemed to commit the near-criminal faux pas of revealing a major spoiler. In fact this apparent clanger, while certainly not a red herring, did not and could…
Triangle first published by Sight & Sound, Nov 2009 Review: “He cheated Death – no, he made a promise to Death that he didn’t keep. I studied it, but I can’t remember it.” Standing before a painting of the Greek god of winds Aeolus, aboard an ocean liner bearing the same name, Sally (Rachael Carpani) tries…
Review first published by EyeforFilm. Although Hiroshima-born Kaneto Shindo had written screenplays for seminal Japanese director Kenji Mizoguchi, and had served as both art director and chief assistant director on several Mizoguchi films, his own communist leanings effectively excluded him from Japan’s studio system during the postwar Occupation by a red-dreading American administration. So like…