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As the Blu-ray release for Lynne Ramsay's We Need to Talk About Kevin approaches, I thought I'd revisit my original review from Fantastic Fest last fall. The film made my Top Ten Feel Bad Films of 2011 list, and remains...

Instead of issuing birth control pills or contraceptives, one needs only to show Lynne Ramsay's superb new film to high school classes as a deterrent to early pregnancy. For the eponymous child is a distillation of the collective fears and anxieties...

By now a lot of international audiences have had a chance to see Lynne Ramsay's stunning third feature We Need To Talk About Kevin. But outside of festivals like Telluride and Fantastic Fest (our review here) folks in the U.S....

We Need to Talk About Kevin is a stunning piece of work and a tour de force for director Lynne Ramsay and Tilda Swinton. The film approaches a subject which is very hard to broach, and does it in a...

Instead of issuing birth control pills or contraceptives, one needs only to show Lynne Ramsay's superb new film to high school classes as a deterrent to early pregnancy.  For the eponymous child is a distillation of the collective fears and anxieties...

Last week the first trailer for Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin turned up in France and that initial trailer has now been followed by a new UK effort. And this isn't just repackaged footage, either, the new...

Though it premiered to mixed reviews in Cannes, Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin is still destined to be one of the most talked about indies of the year. This is so because of Ramsay herself - here...

Hampered by a script too prone to drastic black and whites and a particularly weak child actor, Lynne Ramsay's We Need To Talk About Kevin is nevertheless notable for its unique take on very controversial subject matter and a stellar...