now, i'm a huge fan of clio barnard.s title from a ted hughes poem, it has a surface similarity to the levelling and yet, it is absolutely barnard's film. it's about the way that trauma affects people's memories, about the way that trauma affects people's perceptions, it is about people living with the ghost of an abusive past. it is very powerful, not least because of the performances are very good, which is something you actually always expect from clio barnard, but also because it's a film which is located very much in the landscape and like the levelling, it has a idea of buried family secrets coming up from the ground. it is very atmospheric. the tone, although the subject matter is very dark, is totally unexploitative. it feels like a film which wants to understand the psychology of its characters. it is a very sympathetic film. and it takes its very complicated situation apart. i saw it twice — the first time on a small screen and the second time projected, and i have to say that it is a film you have to see in th

now, iam now, i am a huge fan of clio barnard, it takes its title from a ted hughes poem and has a surface, and yet it is absolutely barnard's film. it's about the way that trauma affects people's memories, about the way trauma affects people's perceptions and it's about people living with the ghost of an abusive past. it's very powerful not least because the performances are very good which is something you expect from clio barnard and also because it isa from clio barnard and also because it is a film located very much in the landscape, like the levelling centres like it has the feeling of buried family secrets coming up from the ground. it is very atmospheric. although the subject matter is very dark, the tone is totally an exploitative, it feels like a film which wants to understand the psychology of its characters, it is a very sympathetic film and takes this complicated situation apart. i saw it twice, first on a small screen a second time projected and i have to say it is a film you have to see in the cinema because so much of it is to do with the immersive atmosphere of it. this is

now, i am a huge fan of clio barnard, it takes its title from a ted hughes poem and has a surface similarity to the levelling, and yet it is absolutely barnard's film. it's about the way that trauma affects people's memories, about the way trauma affects people's perceptions and it's about people living with the ghost of an abusive past. it's very powerful not least because the performances are very good which is something you expect from clio barnard and also because it is a film located very much in the landscape, like the levelling, it has the feeling of buried family secrets coming up from the ground. it is very atmospheric. although the subject matter is very dark, the tone is totally unexploitative, it feels like a film which wants to understand the psychology of its characters, it is a very sympathetic film and it takes this complicated situation apart. i saw it twice, first on a small screen a second time projected and i have to say it is a film you have to see in the cinema because so much of it is to do with the immersive atmosphere of it. this is not a film you want to wait until

and dark river, the new film by clio barnard.ks like a quintessential british gathering. the poster doesn't do it any favours, it's aimed at the same audience that made best exotic marigold hotel a huge hit. the story begins with imelda staunton as lady sandra abbott on the eve of her retirement. she has her retirement planned out, she leads a very posh life and discovers suddenly that her husband has been having an affair. here is a clip. what the hell's going on? we were just... it's not what it looks like, sandra. sandra. sandra! sandra, wait. get off me. how long's it's been going on?

and dark river, a new film by clio barnard.british gathering. the poster doesn't do it any favours, it's aimed at the same audience that made best exotic marigold hotel a huge hit. the story begins with imelda staunton as lady sandra abbott on the eve of her retirement. she has her retirement planned out, she leads a very posh life and discovers suddenly that her husband has been having an affair. here is a clip. what the hell's going on? we were just... it's not what it looks like, sandra. sandra. sandra! sandra, wait. how long's it's been going on? let's not do this here. how long, mike? since we all went to sorrento. 0h, bloody hell. that's nearly five years ago! i've had enough of all this hide and seek, mike. how could you do this to me? you're supposed to be my friend. we even took you to the palace. i didn't mean for this to happen, sandra. oh, really? you knew precisely what you were doing! now, please calm down, sandra. rememberwhere you are. i know exactly where i am, in my own bloody home! i have spent my entire marr