Red Riding: In the Year of Our Lord 1974
A schoolgirl has lost, and Eddie - a cup reporter suspects it's one of several six - year crimes back; Eddie digs and finds out girl body near John Dawson's house. He teams up with her mother to find the truth.
1980, Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK
17 April 1959, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
1961, Cwmbran, Gwent, Wales, UK
21 June 1964, Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
1962, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
1970, Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK
17 May 1945, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
9 June 1968, Stepney, London, England, UK
17 October 1981, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, England, UK
28 April 1954, Littleborough, Lancashire, England, UK
1974, Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, UK
10 June 1965
1970, Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
2 November 1959, Peterhead, Scotland, UK
31 March 1978, Epping, Essex, England, UK
20 August 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA
1951, Manchester, England, UK
1964, South Elmsall, Yorkshire, England, UK
15 December 1981, Barking, Essex, England, UK
1966, Bethnal Green, London, England, UK
26 April 1947, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK
February 17, 2010
...the only one of the films [of the trilogy] which can really stand on its own artistically...
February 25, 2010
It is effective at setting the stage, introducing some of the characters, and capturing the attention of those who love gritty, uncompromising dramas about police corruption and the dark side of human nature.
March 19, 2010
This is a noir, the kind where the good-for-nothing gumshoe (here, an investigative reporter) has a habit of getting his face bashed in, usually on account of a girl.
February 03, 2010
The tenets of crime cinema are well taken care of in 1974, which sets a specifically chest-tightening tone of anxiety and futility that makes the next two pictures (1980 and 1983) impossible to miss.
March 11, 2010
Each film is enriched by collective detail, but it would have been richer had they played off each other rather than extending the argument.
March 19, 2010
The Red Riding films all come across as great, gritty tales of police corruption and human failing, but it's the first film that has the most impact, mainly because the young reporter Dunford is such a mix of romantic notions.
January 28, 2011
It envisions Yorkshire as a bleak and ugly place, where violence is just as commonplace as Yorkshire pudding.
March 10, 2010
A well-made, expertly performed mystery with the added bonus that there are two more films to watch when this one's over.
April 16, 2010
With its muted colors but unmuted violence, it's similar texturally to David Fincher's superb Zodiac, about another 70s serial killer. It's also just as disturbing.
January 19, 2010
Tightly helmed by Julian Jarrold (Kinky Boots) . . . (and) beautifully shot, with some sensational acting turns -- especially by Rebecca Hall as one of the victims' mothers.
September 09, 2010
Cigarettes, leather jackets, bell-bottoms, and dollops of pop music establish the socially agreed upon distractions of the particular bygone time: just a few ways of avoiding ugly truths. [Blu-ray]
