Red Road
Dir: Andrea Arnold
2006
*****
Voyeurism, revenge, loss and healing, age old issues brilliantly brought to life in this intense and suspenseful thriller. Kate Dickie's performance is brutally real as is the film itself, unsurprising really as this is part of a challenge from Dogme director Lars Von Trier as part of his Advance Party manifesto. The intrigue is almost unbearable (in the best possible way). I've been a big fan of Andrea Arnold for many years, although not always as a director, I fell in love with her as a young boy when she was in No 73 on Saturday mornings in the UK. She's a great director now and this is a brilliant film, criminally overlooked it seems.