Films

For those of you who saw Mission Impossible III (I didn't), you may want to check out a friend of mine's blog. Darren over at Planet Telex is a bit of a pop culture vulture and regularly trawls through films, music and whatever else takes his fancy. So if you've got an opinion (which I think it's fair to say we've established that most of you do) drop over to Planet Telex and let rip on MI3.

For those of you with a slightly more alternative taste, I can't recommend Water highly enough. Directed by Deepa Mehta, water is a controversial film about the role and identity of widows in India. Now my caveat here is that it is set in the 1930's as Gandhi starts his independence movement, and things most likely have moved along way since then; so as always I'd urge caution in judging India or Hindu faith from this story without more research. Aside from the subject matter though, this is the most visually beautiful film since Three Colours Blue; it is up there with Brokeback Mountain for intensity; and two of the major actors, Lisa Ray and Sarala, are phenomenal. It is a slower paced film, not Bolly- or Holly-wood, but an incredible painting on identity, boundary and power.
4.5 stars