March issue - Magazine - Page 31
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CINEMA & TV FILM REVIEWS
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ENTERTAINMENT/COMMUNITY
Sporting Events at
Witham Hall School
WITHAM NETBALLERS HEAD TO THE IAPS NATIONALS
and Clyde.
This is interspersed with clips from the
movies of a Hollywood dreamboat (Jake
Gyllenhaal, the director's brother) and the
ruminations of a pair of hardboileddetectives
(Peter Sarsgaard, the director's husband, and a
horribly miscast Penelope Cruz).
Much like its patchwork protagonists, the
film is an unholy mess stitched together from
mismatched parts that lurches from horror to
comedy to musical to film noir with all the
sophistication of a drunken autopsy.
Undertone (Cert 15)
is out in cinemas from April 10
We're so used to treating cinema as a primarily
visual medium that we often overlook the
importance of sound in shaping what we
perceive.
Debut writer/director Ian Tuason sets out to
exploit that unfamiliarity in Undertone, wherein
a pair of podcasters (Nina Kiri and heard-butnever seen Adam Di Marco), who specialise in
investigating real-life paranormal mysteries, try
to decipher a series of 10 unsettling audio files
anonymously emailed to them.
The files themselves are mini-masterpieces of
suggestion, mixing banal conversation, backwards
messages, chanted nursery rhymes and creepy
sound effects. But while the early sequences get
under your skin, the effect gradually diminishes
the more the film unspools, mainly because the
script doesn't really give you enough information
to resolve the mystery of what you're hearing.
Rather than building to a crescendo, it simply
peters out into an irritating whine.
Witham Hall's U13 1st VII Girls' Netball team have secured their
place in the Independent Associa on of Prep Schools Na onal
Finals a er demonstra ng excep onal skill and determina on at
the IAPS Regionals. The compe on, held
at Ipswich School, brought together schools from across the
region, all compe ng for a coveted place in the Na onal Finals.
Congratula ons to the girls on this fantas c achievement, and the
very best of luck in the Finals, which will be held at Rugby School
later this month.
BEN YOUNGS INSPIRES WITHAM PUPILS
Witham Hall pupils were treated to an unforge able rugby
masterclass led by England's most-capped men's player, Ben
Youngs, and coaches from Gresham's School. The day opened
with a lively Q&A, where Ben Youngs shared highlights from his
record-breaking career and offered advice for aspiring players. His
inspiring stories and prac cal ps le pupils mo vated and eager
to join the a ernoon session, which was packed with hands-on
strength work, skills training, drills, and fast-paced game play.
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