Red Riding: 1974

Since trilogies are "in" these days, only three of quartet novels by David Peace were made into films adapted by Tony Grisoni (In This World & Tideland). A rookie journalist tries to uncover a series of gruesome murders that reaches up to the upper echelons of society where everybody seems to be involved in some way. When the journalist falls for the damaged mother of one of the victims, he mixes the personal and professional with devastating consequences. While the red riding hood is obvious in the films, who the big bad wolf might be haunts and torments these films. The slogan is "This is the North where we do what we want." The first one is the best of the three while the other two have enough to root for. Director Julian Jarrold (Becoming Jane) delivers his best work to date with a riveting film noir thriller, full of texture of a dark and bleak world in Yorkshire, England with every period detail you would expect in the year of 1974. Andrew Garfield who also made a strong impression in "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" stars with an outstanding cast that includes Rebecca Hall, Peter Mullan and Sean Bean amongst others some will reappear in the other films. Jarrold makes an unforgettable, dark and gritty film with a superb cast and crew. YRCinema's coverage of upcoming releases.