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4/5
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92%
|
She Monkeys (Apflickorna) (2011) |
"
With her mysterious, gripping debut, Swedish director Lisa Aschan deliciously subverts the coming-of-age formula."
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Time Out
Posted May 15, 2012
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4/5
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92%
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Beauty and the Beast (2012) |
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Time Out
Posted May 3, 2012
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4/5
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96%
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Monsieur Lazhar (2012) |
"
You could almost describe 'Monsieur Lazhar' as a morality tale, but it's more thought-provoking than debate-provoking."
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Time Out
Posted May 1, 2012
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4/5
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76%
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Damsels in Distress (2012) |
"
While the comedy might be patchy, Gerwig and Stillman make for quite the two-step."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 24, 2012
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4/5
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95%
|
The Bad and the Beautiful (1953) |
"
Douglas gives a terrific study of male ego, all relaxed charm and going places."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 17, 2012
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4/5
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88%
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Titanic (in 3D) (2012) |
"
We know the story ends badly but Cameron still sweeps us up in the romance between Kate Winslet's rebellious posh girl and DiCaprio's steerage kid."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 6, 2012
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4/5
|
100%
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This Is Not a Film (2012) |
"
As for Panahi, I could watch him for hours. With his film, its title, with his dignity and strength of purpose he mocks the stupidity of the regime's censorship."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 27, 2012
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|
4/5
|
99%
|
Bill Cunningham New York (2011) |
"
He was the first, and what's obvious from this lively and engaging doc, an original."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 13, 2012
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4/5
|
80%
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Young Adult (2011) |
"
There is a raw honesty here rare in movies, and it's very funny too - excruciating at times."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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4/5
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94%
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Hugo (2011) |
"
It might be curtains for celluloid, but Scorsese, a boyish 69, clearly isn't leaving the stage any time soon. He directs every film with the passion of his first. And it shows."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 29, 2011
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4/5
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73%
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Like Crazy (2011) |
"
The acting, which looks improvised, is faultless; their natural, fearless performances will surely make stars of Yelchin and Jones."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 27, 2011
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4/5
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76%
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The Help (2011) |
"
Yes, it gets a bit sentimental. Yes, some 'Ya-Ya Sisterhood' friendship clichés creep in. Yes, it glosses history. But it's also heartfelt, hilarious and the cast is a dream-team topped by Viola Davis."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 25, 2011
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4/5
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77%
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Trust (2011) |
"
An exercise in sober drama and a middle-class cautionary tale which explores a family ripped up by the roots after the rape of a 14-year-old girl."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 6, 2011
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4/5
|
94%
|
Mary and Max (2009) |
"
While perhaps it doesn't fully sustain its 90-odd-minute running time, Mary and Max is a moving celebration of oddness and friendship."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 20, 2010
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4/5
|
91%
|
The Secret of Kells (2010) |
"
The story is a bit tangled, and there is too much of it packed into nearly 80 minutes, but little kids won't be bothered when the animation is so magical."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 29, 2010
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|
4/5
|
91%
|
Momma's Man (2008) |
"
This enjoyable lo-fi indie pictures an extreme example of a failure to sever the apron strings."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 8, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
XXY (2007) |
"
Unexpected and wonderfully thoughtful."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Heavy Load (2007) |
"
The only difference is that three of the five have a learning disability - but in this documentary, which is very funny in places, it's not disabilities that define them."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Oct 3, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Aleksandra (Alexandra) (2007) |
"
A bone-weariness pervades every inch of the film; even the light is bleached dry of vitality."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 26, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Blame It on Fidel (La Faute a Fidel) (2006) |
"
French director Julie Gavras neatly side-steps the cliches of 70s radicalism with her terrific debut."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Oct 19, 2007
|
|
3
|
69%
|
The Book of Revelation (2007) |
"
There's a fine and committed performance by Long, who looks like a pretty, young Nick Cave, but the women are never anything more than agents of the central conceit, the missing link in an otherwise psychologically intriguing film."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
|
4/6
|
100%
|
Along the Ridge (Anche libero va bene) (2007) |
"
A little over-long, 'Libero' loses its rhythm towards the end but still remains a thoroughly convincing portrait of a family."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 24, 2008
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|
3/5
|
——
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Tales Of The Night () |
"
While some of them do drag, older kids could well fall for these magical, timeless tales."
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Time Out
Posted May 22, 2012
|
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3/5
|
——
|
Personal Best () |
"
Sprinting looks like a brutal business: runners pushing themselves to the limits of pain and endurance, day in day out, year in year out - only to win or lose by hundredths of a second."
—
Time Out
Posted May 22, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
2 Days in New York (2012) |
"
Delpy has a sharp eye for cross-cultural comic clangers."
—
Time Out
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Town Of Runners () |
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Mirror Mirror (2012) |
"
'Mirror Mirror' is as gaudily spectacular as you expect if you've seen director Tarsem Singh's films, 'The Fall' and 'Immortals'."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Corpo Celeste (2012) |
"
Vianello gives a lovely, unforced performance as Marta, who begins to see that the blue-eyed, open-armed fuzzy Jesus she's being sold is a fake."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
Crowe, to his credit, is more concerned with insights about family than romance - and some of these are heart-on-sleeve touching if you've got a sweet tooth for the stickier stuff."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 13, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Trishna (2012) |
"
Sails along on a gorgeous score by Shigeru Umebayashi and Bollywood composer Amit Trivedi."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 6, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
A strong calling card for the talents of Trank and Landis."
—
Time Out
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
Mother and Child (2010) |
"
What keeps the whole thing from toppling into an abyss of unwatchable TV drama histrionics is a pair of dynamite performances from Annette Bening and Naomi Watts."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 4, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
It's funny as hell in places and touchingly warm."
—
Time Out
Posted Nov 8, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Jack Goes Boating (2010) |
"
In places it has the airless feel of an over-workshopped piece, but is rescued by excellent performances: in particular Amy Ryan as Connie, Jack's shy would-be girlfriend."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
Friends With Benefits (2011) |
"
The chemistry between Kunis and her co-star Justin Timberlake is electric."
—
Time Out
Posted Sep 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Fright Night (2011) |
"
It's smart and funny, but (unlike the original) instantly forgettable, and, crucially, not remotely frightening - even with blood and intestines spattering out in 3D."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
73%
|
Sarah's Key (2011) |
"
Scott Thomas is tremendous ... the emotional detail of her performance is never less than gripping, even as the film falters."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 3, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
A Better Life (2011) |
"
Bichir carries it all with a measured performance of considerable emotion as the dad, clenched by so many years holding his breath, waiting for the knock at the door."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jul 28, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
The Light Thief (Svet-Ake) () |
"
Director Kubat stars as Mr Light (the rest of the actors are mostly non-pros), giving a performance of profound warmth and humanity."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 27, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Treacle Jr. () |
"
This is low budget and it shows, but it's clear Thraves has still got something to say."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 12, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
89%
|
Breath Made Visible: Anna Halprin (2010) |
"
She still dances beautifully, with dignity and the intensity to the marrow that takes your breath away."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jul 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Stake Land (2011) |
"
An angsty, bleak fantasy of America the lost."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Jun 16, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
82%
|
Life, Above All (2011) |
"
Hypocrisy, ignorance and fear are seen with almost unbearable clarity through the eyes of a South African girl in this unflinching study of Aids stigma."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 26, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
78%
|
Red Hill (2010) |
"
What an effective calling card for debut writer-director Patrick Hughes this is - if not for the Australian tourist board."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted May 12, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Farewell (L'affaire Farewell) (2010) |
"
This is a satisfyingly sober thriller, almost melancholy in tone - and as morally complex as a John Le Carré novel."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 28, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Adèle Blanc-Sec () |
"
It all plays on one note of droll flippancy, which, while pleasingly mordant, is all style and very little substance."
—
Time Out
Posted Apr 20, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
91%
|
Winnie the Pooh (2011) |
"
A gentle, modest pleasure."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Apr 14, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
94%
|
Passenger Side (2010) |
"
Funnier and more intelligent than there are any grounds to hope for: an entertaining, wry tour of LA's scuzzier sights."
—
Guardian [UK]
Posted Mar 31, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
His & Hers () |
"
You would need to be made of stone not to be charmed by the wit and warmth of these women."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 9, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
29%
|
The Tempest (2010) |
"
You expect Nicolas Cage to pop up from behind a sand dune on a Harley brandishing a rocket launcher."
—
Time Out
Posted Mar 2, 2011
|
62%
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