Moon (15)It is the near future. Astronaut Sam Bell is living on the moon completing a three-year contract. He has had no live contact with his wife Tess and daughter Eve during this time as the Live communications satelitte is down. He can only send and recieve taped message. His only friend is "Gerty", the base's well intentioned but simple computer.
We meet Sam as his time is almost up and he can travel home and be reunited with his family. Suddenly his health starts to deteriorate, he has headaches, hallucinations and almost dies in a routine drive on the moon in a lunar rover. Whilst resting at the base (with no memory of how he got back there) Sam meets a younger, angrier copy of himself who claims to be there to fulfill the same contract he started three years ago.
Sam has to fight his ever-worsening condition, his conscious of the 'new' Sam and the realisation of why he's up there and what the company want with him.
Directed by Duncan Jones (David Bowie's son) Moon is an incredibly clever, witty, thoughtful film that questions what our plans in life are and what they might be in the future.
Antichrist (18)
Much has been written critically about Antichrist, the new film from 'controversial' Lars Von Triers and I imagine if you're reading this you already know it as the film when the lady cuts off her.... yes and she does and it's gross but the film is much more than gross out horror.
A lot of people are critiquing the film as Von Triers display of hatred towards women, and as he was suffering from depression whilst filming it, it's an excercise for him to release some of his personal feelings. I think the film requires much more thought than this and that's it's far too easy, simplistic description of an incredibly intense, powerful film.
It's dark, mentally taxing, which probably requires much more knowledge than I have about the subjects to write coherently about it but it's really needs to be seen and appreciated for what it is.
