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5/5
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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."
—
Time Out Sydney
Posted Sep 29, 2009
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6/6
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97%
|
Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection (2007) |
"
A gritty, grainy slice of everyday lumpen American black struggle."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 24, 2006
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5/5
|
100%
|
Tokyo Story (Tôkyô monogatari) (1953) |
"
The way Ozu builds up emotional empathy for a sense of disappointment in its various characters is where his mastery lies."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 9, 2006
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5/6
|
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."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 5, 2009
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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
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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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5/6
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94%
|
The Singer (Quand j'etais chanteur) (2006) |
"
An admirably tough, ambivalent and honest look at the fraught relationship between real feelings and the culturally acceptable (or otherwise) public expression of similar emotions as manipulative entertainment. Excellent."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
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5/6
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63%
|
10 Rillington Place (1971) |
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Time Out
Posted Feb 9, 2006
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5/6
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90%
|
Eraserhead (1977) |
"
Lynch's remarkable first feature is a true original."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 26, 2006
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4/5
|
86%
|
Carancho (2011) |
"
The desolate Edward Hopper nightscapes provide an effective context..."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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4/5
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——
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Father (Aita) () |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
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4/5
|
67%
|
Honeydripper (2007) |
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Time Out
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
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4/5
|
96%
|
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
|
88%
|
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."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 7, 2011
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4/5
|
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."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 16, 2011
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|
4/5
|
64%
|
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."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 4, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
49%
|
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."
—
Time Out Sydney
Posted Aug 26, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
The Lady Vanishes (1938) |
"
Very much of its time (in a good way), and very enjoyable."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 9, 2006
|
|
|
100%
|
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."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 3, 2009
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|
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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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|
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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."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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|
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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."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 15, 2008
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|
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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."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 25, 2008
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|
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88%
|
Whirlpool (1949) |
"
It's a fine example of the way Preminger, on occasion, managed to deflect routine melodrama into something more personal and profound."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 23, 2007
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|
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100%
|
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) |
"
With Cooper as the crusading officer, one is never in any doubt as to the correctness and sincerity of his views (Mitchell was posthumously rehabilitated in 1947), while Steiger puts in one of his inimitably flashy performances as the prosecuting attorney"
Posted Oct 23, 2007
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|
|
——
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Hot Blood () |
"
An oddity, then, but one distinguished by Ray's characteristic refusal to patronise or glamorise his characters."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 23, 2007
|
|
|
100%
|
Strike (Stachka) (1925) |
"
Eisenstein's first feature also remains his most watchable."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 15, 2007
|
|
|
76%
|
Addams Family Values (1993) |
"
As sequels go, this is passable..."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
71%
|
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) |
"
Richter's comic genre hybrid comes complete with its own mythology, and team of established superheroes, and is curiously appealing."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
96%
|
Alien (1979) |
"
The limited strengths of its staple sci-fi horrors always derived from either the offhand organic/ Freudian resonances of its design or the purely (brilliantly) manipulative editing and pacing of its above-average shock quota."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 16, 2007
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|
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98%
|
Nosferatu, a Symphony of Horror (Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens) (Nosferatu the Vampire) (1922) |
"
Murnau's classic vampire movie, though not his best film, remains one of the most poetic of all horror films."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
83%
|
Hot Blood (1956) |
"
An oddity, then, but one distinguished by Ray's characteristic refusal to patronise or glamorise his characters."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 16, 2007
|
|
|
83%
|
Hets (Frenzy) (Torment) (1944) |
"
Its harsh pessimism anticipates the spiritually tormented universe of Bergman's own work."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 14, 2007
|
|
|
100%
|
Partie de Campagne (A Day in the Country) (1936) |
"
Witty and sensuous, it's pure magic."
—
Time Out
Posted May 9, 2007
|
|
|
80%
|
Front Page Woman (1935) |
"
Absurd at times, with the two papers at one point printing absolutely identical stories, but directed and acted with sparkle and speed."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 24, 2007
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|
|
——
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Meet Me at the Fair () |
"
Sirk's customary concern with hypocrisy and intolerance is, given the genre and overall tone of the piece, surprisingly to the fore in a subplot about corrupt politicians."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 24, 2007
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|
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83%
|
Slap Shot (1999) |
"
There are still some nice touches of absurdist satirical wit hanging out along the sidelines, given extra bite by Dede Allen's superbly pacy editing."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 14, 2007
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|
|
33%
|
The Good German (2007) |
"
Why emphasise flaws in a film of such overall ambition and expertise?"
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 8, 2007
|
|
|
81%
|
A Prairie Home Companion (2006) |
"
Just lovely, and a magnificently enjoyable coda to an extraordinary career."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 4, 2007
|
|
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73%
|
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"
Here, the feelings run very deep, and dark as dried blood, with Clint aware that some things don't need to be said and others shouldn't be shown."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 30, 2006
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|
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82%
|
L' Amico di Famiglia (The Family Friend) (Friend of the Family) (2006) |
"
All the surface style is properly wrapped around ideas of substance."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 29, 2006
|
|
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78%
|
The Page Turner (La Tourneuse de pages) (2006) |
"
Denis Dercourt's stylish, subtle and highly assured film is a pleasingly suspenseful psychological drama in the style of Hitchcock or early Chabrol."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 2, 2006
|
|
|
98%
|
Ten Canoes (2007) |
"
Wise, warm, witty fare."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 30, 2006
|
|
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68%
|
Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot) (2007) |
"
Kaurismäki's delightfully delicate cautionary fable charts his unassuming hero's descent into an unforeseen nightmare of deceit and violence with a characteristically low-key blend of humane compassion and deadpan mordant humour."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 30, 2006
|
|
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49%
|
Candy (2006) |
"
[A] slightly over-familiar but neatly told story of a sexual/romantic passion at once partly fuelled and blighted by drug addiction."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
|
|
|
100%
|
The Heart of the World (2001) |
"
Maddin's brilliant, delirious short is a spot-on pastiche/parody of a silent Soviet propaganda epic, full of phallic symbols, visionary heroes and splendidly emphatic montage."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
|
|
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93%
|
Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others) (2006) |
"
The complex but lucid script and Hagen Bogndanski's sombre noir camerawork serve not only to establish a brooding atmosphere of fear, doubt and suspicion but to create a suspenseful thriller of political and moral relevance."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
|
|
|
83%
|
Ride Lonesome (1959) |
"
Beautifully scripted by Burt Kennedy, with excellent performances all round as the characters evolve through subtly shifting loyalties and ambitions, it's a small masterpiece."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
|
|
|
85%
|
Bamako (2006) |
"
Very important, very impressive."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 28, 2006
|
64%
——
97%
