Brothers of the Head
An altogether entertaining head trip.
The winner of the prestigious Michael Powell award at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival, 'Brothers of the Head' is a refreshingly inventive mockumentary, which dares to break away from audience expectations of a British comedy. Adapted from sci-fi writer Brian Aldiss' 1977 novella, it tells the story of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe (real-life twins Harry and Luke Treadaway), and their unlikely rise to rock stardom in the seventies. Co-directors Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe (the men behind superb documentary 'Lost in La Mancha') cleverly play with genre and style throughout, mixing supposedly found footage and interviews with dramatic scenes. The combination of narrative creativity, technical flair and some great dialogue make for an altogether entertaining head trip. [Colan Mehaffey]