RHUM

So as you may have read, the 2012 Venice Film Festival award winners have finally been announced – with Pieta picking up highest accolade of the festival, The Golden Lion.  I had missed the screenings of the film, but luckily they show the winner after the awards – and I had a ticket!

There Will Be Blood was always going to be a hard act to follow, garnering awards aplenty. To many, Paul Thomas Anderson’s previous feature was the film of the last decade. Unfortunately The Master is not quite so exceptional.

Anticipation for the debut screening of Terrence Malick’s latest offering was always going to be high. His last film, The Tree of Life, was a masterpiece of cinema, but would To The Wonder to live up to the hype and expectations?

Dennis Quaid plays family man, Henry Whipple, who is burdened by potential financial ruin and devastation of his farm in this drama set in the modern American farm belt of Iowa. Quaid's performance will surely garner him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, he acts his chops off to great effect!