Film: Two films in search of cult status
Reviewed: The Bling Ring, directed by Sofia Coppola. Nationwide, cert 15A. Rating: 3/5. A Field in England, directed by Ben Wheatley. Light House Cinema, no cert. Rating: 4/5.
**Reviewed: The Bling Ring**
**Directed by Sofia Coppola**
**Nationwide, cert 15A**
**Rating:** 3/5
Two new films from cult directors open this weekend; and by 'cult', I mean that the filmmakers themselves, not just their films, have become cinematic fetish idols. Sofia Coppola and Ben Wheatley operate at opposing ends of the spectrum. One is the scion of Hollywood royalty, the other a regular English bloke. One makes studiously offhand films about gilded youth, ...
