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Dan Fainaru

Agrees with the Tomatometer 79% of the time.

Publications:: Screen International , Screendaily

Total Reviews:: 50

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	83%	Something in the Air (2013)	" This is a real time-machine trip into the past and to Assayas' credit, rarely has a movie done such an intelligent and thorough job of it." — Screen International Posted Apr 29, 2013
	96%	War Witch (2013)	" What's missing here, in order to raise it to a different status, is the fierce involvement that comes from someone who lives inside the picture and is therefore, personally concerned." — Screen International Posted Jan 10, 2013
	18%	My Best Enemy (2013)	" Neither the plot of this farfetched caper nor Murenberger's approach to it, do any kind of justice to what is still, whether some people like it or not, one of the most terrible episodes in human history." — Screen International Posted Jan 9, 2013
	79%	A Late Quartet (2012)	" Smart, intelligent and moving performances by the leading foursome, who seem to grow more confident and assured in their roles as the film goes on." — Screen International Posted Nov 6, 2012
	22%	The Taste of Money (2013)	" There is no real story to tell here, just a bunch of old fashioned, tired clichés spiced with references to various sensational front-page scandals, all of it reprocessed to look like an original script." — Screen International Posted May 26, 2012
—	62%	Me and You (Io e te) ()	— Screen International Posted May 24, 2012
	90%	Beyond The Hills (2013)	" Spare, unadorned and strikingly shot, Cristian Mungiu's film is an unusual rendering of a Romanian exorcism case and is bound to split both audience and critical opinions... But it will certainly not pass unnoticed." — Screen International Posted May 22, 2012
	81%	In Another Country (2013)	" Yet another loving tribute by Hong Sangsoo to French cinema, somewhere between inconsequential and flimsy but pleasant to watch all through." — Screen International Posted May 21, 2012
—	——	Tanakra, voyage en terre rebelle ()	— Screen International Posted May 15, 2012
—	6%	The Devil Inside (2012)	— Screen International Posted May 15, 2012
—	——	Can ()	— Screen International Posted May 15, 2012
—	100%	Almayer's Folly (2012)	— Screen International Posted Sep 14, 2011
—	84%	A Better Life (2011)	— Screen International Posted Sep 13, 2011
—	——	Loverboy ()	— Screen International Posted Sep 10, 2011
—	——	Taipei Exchanges (2010)	— Screen International Posted Sep 9, 2011
—	88%	Breathing (2012)	— Screen International Posted Sep 8, 2011
—	——	Amnesty ()	— Screen International Posted Jul 27, 2011
—	——	Ni à vendre, ni à louer ()	— Screen International Posted Jul 20, 2011
—	——	Too Much Pussy! Feminist Sluts, a Queer X Show ()	— Screen International Posted Jun 23, 2011
—	81%	Anton Chekhov's The Duel (2010)	— Screen International Posted May 27, 2011
—	33%	Arirang ()	— Screen International Posted May 14, 2011
—	——	PressPausePlay (2011)	— Screen International Posted Apr 25, 2011
—	——	Chantrapas ()	— Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2011
	85%	Essential Killing (2012)	" Whatever narrative shortcomings the picture might have, as a parable of these days it is certainly serviceable, though a bit too ambivalent for comfort. Visually, however, it is never less than stunning." — Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2011
—	100%	Black Venus (Venus Noire) ()	— Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2011
—	——	The Poll Diaries (Poll) ()	— Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2011
—	43%	Notre jour viendra (Our Day Will Come) ()	— Screen International Posted Apr 22, 2011
—	100%	Flooding With Love for the Kid (2010)	— Screen International Posted Apr 4, 2011
	83%	Potiche (2011)	" One of those rare festival entries critics may have a hard time praising but still cherish as a secret pleasure." — Screen International Posted Mar 22, 2011
—	——	Limbo Lounge (2010)	— Screen International Posted Feb 10, 2011
	94%	A Room and a Half (2009)	" A lively, dense and richly imaginative portrait not only of a great writer but also of the post-Second World War cultural world of the Soviet Union." — Screen International Posted Jan 20, 2010
	91%	Maria Larssons eviga ögonblick (Everlasting Moments) (Maria Larsson's Everlasting Moment) (2009)	" Discreet, old-fashioned, traditional and altogether admirable, this is Jan Troell at his best." — Screen International Posted Dec 17, 2009
	94%	Tokyo Sonata (Tokyo Sonata) (2009)	" Taking a break from his regular diet of fantasy and horror, Japan's Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivers here a fierce indictment of modern-day Japan." — Screen International Posted Dec 16, 2009
	75%	$9.99 (2008)	" Like most episode pieces, Rosenthal and Keret seem to have chosen the easy way out by not taking the trouble to develop any of the ideas beyond the basic anecdote." — Screen International Posted Dec 16, 2009
	60%	Visage (Face) (2009)	" Face will appeal exclusively to Tsai Ming-liang's devoted fans who find themselves in familiar territory here, but the rest of the audience may be baffled -- to say the least." — Screen International Posted Sep 15, 2009
	81%	Taxidermia (2006)	" To Palfi's credit, he never attempts to titillate. His mind-boggling visual imagination is ably supported by Gergely Poharnok's camera and the art direction." — Screen International Posted Aug 14, 2009
	48%	La Fille de Monaco (The Girl from Monaco) (2009)	" Luchini, who could read the phone directory and make it sound exciting, has completely nailed the soft-skinned, flabby, middle-aged lawyer who hides his hang-ups behind a barrage of verbiage." — Screen International Posted Jul 24, 2009
	50%	Jaffa (2009)	" Jaffa's schematic plot, predictably developed with stock characters that are never fleshed out, is insufficient to carry her pallid observations." — Screen International Posted May 17, 2009
	43%	Air Doll (Kûki ningyô) (2009)	" Although the bill may be too ambitious and Kore-eda's approach too diffused, Air Doll does offer food for thought." — Screen International Posted May 15, 2009
	96%	Revanche (2009)	" The intricate plotting sometimes stretches credibility but exemplary performances from the entire cast and superlative camera work by Martin Gschlacht keep the ship afloat." — Screen International Posted Jan 28, 2009
	69%	Delta (2009)	" Kornel Mundruczo is back on his feet with his best rounded and most mature work to date." — Screen International Posted Oct 18, 2008
	94%	Les Plages d'Agnès (The Beaches of Agnes) (2008)	" This feels like the work of an octogenarian who wishes to be leave those close to her a well rounded self-portrait to remember her by." — Screen International Posted Oct 18, 2008
	72%	Love Comes Lately (2008)	" Though Schutte doesn't quite rise to the challenge, he is greatly helped by the presence of veteran Viennese stage actor Otto Tausig, who inhabits the character of Max Kohn as if were been born into it." — Screen International Posted Sep 29, 2007
	84%	Sun Taam (Mad Detective) (2008)	" The prolific Johnny To and his occasional collaborator Wai Ka Fai here put a new twist on the standard police yarn." — Screen International Posted Sep 29, 2007
	46%	Cassandra's Dream (2007)	" If there is a black comedy hiding deep within the folds of this tragic tale, it is so subtly dissimulated that very few will ever manage to unveil it." — Screen International Posted Sep 15, 2007
	94%	Mýrin (Jar City) (2006)	" This is possibly Kormakur's best effort to date, strongly confirming his position as one of Iceland's leading filmmakers." — Screen International Posted Jul 31, 2007
	87%	Meduzot (Jellyfish) (2008)	" A surprisingly accessible and easy to watch feature that deservedly won the Critic's Week prize at Cannes." — Screen International Posted May 31, 2007
	89%	California Dreamin' (Nesfarsit) (Endless) (2007)	" As it looks now, the film lacks any pace to speak of, but much more serious are the absence of a distinct narrative style and an abundance of hesitant directorial decisions, badly in need of an editing table, if the plot has to make sense at all." — Screen International Posted May 28, 2007
	88%	El Baño del Papa (The Pope's Toilet) (2007)	" A pseudo-documentary that focuses on the hardships and penuries of their characters with such visual and dramatic intensity that its irony is often pushed aside." — Screen International Posted May 24, 2007

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