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3/5
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80 Waves (2011) |
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Posted Feb 11, 2012
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83%
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All This, and Heaven Too (1940) |
"
It's a pretty long, gloomy haul, though lavishly mounted (with photography by Ernest Haller) and sensitively acted."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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67%
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America, America (The Anatolian Smile) (1963) |
"
The entire movie benefits from its authenticity, geographical, historical and emotional, and may be seen as one of the peaks of Kazan's career."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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100%
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Hold Back the Dawn (1941) |
"
This romantic weepie is both moving and effectively stylish."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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80%
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The Citadel (1936) |
"
Sweetened with a happy ending, it's still an effective piece of work, thanks to Donat's typically sturdy performance and Vidor's powerful direction."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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71%
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Il Momento della Verita (The Moment of Truth) (1965) |
"
It's a colourful, cruel world of senseless exploitation (of animals and humans alike) and tyrannical traditions, rendered with vivid brilliance by this uncommonly unsentimental director."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 23, 2012
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2/5
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75%
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Hadewijch (2010) |
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Time Out
Posted Jan 20, 2012
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3/5
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71%
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The Nine Muses (2011) |
"
A fragmented but highly engrossing cinepoem on the related subjects of migration and exile, isolation and memory."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 17, 2012
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4/5
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81%
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Carancho (2011) |
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Time Out
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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—
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45%
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Fay Grim (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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3/5
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91%
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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4/5
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Atmen (Breathing) (2011) |
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Posted Nov 18, 2011
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Fireworks Wednesday (Chaharshanbe-soori) (2008) |
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Posted Nov 18, 2011
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—
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50%
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30 Days of Night (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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4/5
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Father (Aita) () |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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2/5
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80 egunean (For 80 Days) (2010) |
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Posted Nov 16, 2011
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3/5
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Halt Auf Freier Strecke () |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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2/5
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92%
|
The Tillman Story (2010) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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4/5
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67%
|
Honeydripper (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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98%
|
Le Havre (2011) |
"
Something to savour."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 18, 2011
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4/5
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92%
|
The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
To anyone familiar with the Dardennes' relatively small but very substantial body of work, this might sound as if it's going over old ground - and maybe it is, but it's still producing fresh and extremely fruitful results."
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Time Out
Posted May 16, 2011
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4/5
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84%
|
The Turin Horse (2012) |
"
So bold are both the conception and execution of Tarr's darkly cinematic elegy that the final scenes are as sobering as anything in his -- or indeed anyone else's -- body of work."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 7, 2011
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4/5
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92%
|
Ballast (2008) |
"
Although the film never fulfils the promise of its elliptical, mysterious opening - the drama occasionally lacks momentum as it proceeds towards some sort of resolution - there's no denying its intelligence, compassion and assurance."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 16, 2011
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3/5
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93%
|
Abel () |
"
Engrossing, intelligent fare."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2011
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86%
|
Utvandrarna (The Emigrants) (1971) |
"
It's very slow, subtly acted, and if you can last the course, quite moving"
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Time Out
Posted Jul 6, 2010
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4/5
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64%
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The Girlfriend Experience (2009) |
"
Naturalistic performances and stylish, semi-documentary-style cinematography and editing (both courtesy of the director) make for an engrossing, insightful study of internal and interpersonal conflict."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 4, 2009
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5/5
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67%
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Che: Part One (The Argentine) (2009) |
"
It's not a Hollywood-style movie - it demands patience and proper attention - but it's a great movie, and rewards magnificently."
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Time Out Sydney
Posted Sep 29, 2009
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100%
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Liverpool (2008) |
"
The imagery is meticulous, the pacing carefully measured, and the mood generally melancholy and enigmatic. Whether the film adds up to more than the some of its parts is moot; Alonso certainly seems keen not to give away any superflous information."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 3, 2009
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4/5
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48%
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Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"
It does at least come across as a portrait of an era that's affectionate, authentic and pleasingly adult in its tone and concerns."
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Time Out Sydney
Posted Aug 26, 2009
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3/5
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73%
|
Rudo y Cursi (2009) |
"
He's helped by charismatic, pleasingly ambivalent performances by all involved, and while a later penalty sequence is needlessly prolonged, it doesn't diminish the film's cumulative effect. Serious fun."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 3, 2009
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4/6
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48%
|
Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"
Undoubtedly one of Ang Lee's lighter films, 'Taking Woodstock' is also one of his better ones, and a welcome return to form."
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Time Out
Posted May 18, 2009
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3/6
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91%
|
Vengeance (Fuk sau) (2010) |
"
If indeed there is anything surprising about this cliché-packed genre fare, it's the degree to which To and his screenwriter Wai Ka-Fai are prepared to indulge their flair for the ludicrous."
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Time Out
Posted May 18, 2009
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2/6
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47%
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Spring Fever (Chun feng chen zui de ye wan) (2010) |
"
We're supposed to feel some kind of infinite sadness about our existential loneliness and vulnerability; but what I felt, despite a scattering of strong scenes, was a growing impatience both with the characters and the trite message."
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Time Out
Posted May 15, 2009
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4/6
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96%
|
Tulpan (2009) |
"
A deliciously light touch characterises this dry, deadpan comedy set in the stark and sparsely inhabited steppes of Kazakhstan."
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Time Out Sydney
Posted Apr 24, 2009
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4/6
|
80%
|
Gran Torino (2009) |
"
The comedy-drama on release is actually a rather wise, insightful exploration of family and friendship, violence and vengeance."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 19, 2009
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5/6
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67%
|
Che: Part One (The Argentine) (2009) |
"
It's not a Hollywood-style movie - it demands patience and proper attention - but it's a great movie, and rewards magnificently."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2009
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68%
|
Salo (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma) (1979) |
"
It's very hard to sit through and offers no insights whatsoever into power, politics, history or sexuality. Nasty stuff."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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97%
|
Entre les Murs (The Class) (2008) |
"
Cantet's Palme d'Or winner is a marvel, its authenticity deriving both from the superb performances of its non-professional cast and from a screenplay co-written by Bégaudeau."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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87%
|
Un Conte de Noël (A Christmas Tale) (2008) |
"
A sprawling, consistently engaging but slightly over-extended ensemble piece notable for a lively if sometimes annoyingly arbitrary use of flamboyant stylistic devices."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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83%
|
Too Late Blues (1961) |
"
One of the more impressive Hollywood movies to be set in the hip, flip jazz world."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 15, 2008
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El Mar (2003) |
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Too portentous, overheated, flashy, derivative and implausible for its own good."
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Time Out
Posted May 12, 2008
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4/6
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76%
|
Une Vieille Maîtresse (The Last Mistress) (An Old Mistress) (2007) |
"
Swiftly and deftly immersing us in the fashions - not just the clothes and decor, but also the changing sexual and social ethics - of the 1830s, Breillat's meticulous, eloquent script and direction succeed in relating a consistently engrossing story."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 11, 2008
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83%
|
$ (Dollars) (The Heist) (1971) |
"
The comedy sits uneasily with the admittedly efficient action scenes, although at least here we have none of the usual Brooks sermonising to dilute the brew."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 8, 2008
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92%
|
Hamlet (1948) |
"
Despite winning several Oscars, Olivier's (condensed) version of Shakespeare's masterpiece makes for frustrating viewing."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 20, 2008
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80%
|
Semi-Tough (1977) |
"
A delightful, gentle satire on the American ideal of winning, which also takes broad but often hilarious swipes at fashionable health fads."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 25, 2008
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5/6
|
95%
|
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"
A masterly tale of the good, the deranged and the doomed that inflects the raw violence of the west with a wry acknowledgement of the demise of codes of honour, this is frighteningly intelligent and imaginative."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 18, 2008
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5/6
|
88%
|
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
"
Superior fare, packed with insight and suspense."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 11, 2008
|
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5/6
|
69%
|
The Duchess of Langeais (Ne Touchez Pas La Hache)(Don't Touch the Axe) (2007) |
"
The whole thing is compelling from start to finish; 'cruel ironies' doesn't even begin to describe it."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 28, 2007
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2/6
|
59%
|
Les Chansons d'Amour (Love Songs) (2008) |
"
The songs are poor, the faddishness (folk parading books passim, à la Godard) and Garrel's performance are irritating, and only Chiara Mastroianni as a grieving sister brings any real sense of conviction to her role."
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Time Out
Posted Dec 13, 2007
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