Blame

BLAME (2010) - Sept. 17, 2010
About a group of students who set out to murder one of their teachers, who they perceive to be responsible for the death of their friend, this was a well directed and downright intense film.  Though it's essentially all dialogue in one house, it never feels stagey; it's quite cinematic, and the film is pretty tense throughout.  It helps that it's very well written and acted; the constant revelations keep things interesting throughout.  The director does a really good job of slowly giving the audience all of the information, keeping things tense without being annoyingly or artificially vague.  Definitely one of the better films at the festival so far, and another winner from Australia.  ***1/2