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David Parkinson

Agrees with the Tomatometer 89% of the time.

Publications:: Empire Magazine , Guardian [UK] , Radio Times

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2/5	29%	The Great Gatsby (1949)	" Elliott Nugent directs with some atmospheric touches, but can't counter screenwriter Richard Maibaum's verbosity." — Radio Times Posted May 8, 2013
4/5	83%	Our Children ()	" Dynamically played and superbly handled." — Empire Magazine Posted May 6, 2013
4/5	——	Village At The End Of The World ()	" Visually immaculate and thought-provoking stuff." — Empire Magazine Posted May 6, 2013
3/5	59%	The Eye of the Storm (2012)	" Director Fred Schepisi strives effectively to mine the gold in Patrick White's social study. Top notch performances from the stellar cast help him nail the book's citric tone." — Empire Magazine Posted May 2, 2013
4/5	100%	This Happy Breed (1944)	" While not exacty up to contemporary standards of social realism this domestic saga was ground-breaking in its day and still captivates." — Empire Magazine Posted May 1, 2013
4/5	91%	Gimme The Loot (2013)	" Funny and freewheeling, it's a joy." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 28, 2013
4/5	82%	In the Fog ()	" Like Come And See in neighbouring Belarus, it's a stark vision of humanity in a hellish world. Tough and thought-provoking." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 28, 2013
3/5	100%	White Elephant (2013)	" There's a lot to think about - sacrifice, faith, poverty and much more - but it all feels too crammed into its running time, and is delivered in an uninspiring fashion." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 22, 2013
2/5	50%	Fuck For Forest ()	" A interesting curio that veers from saucy to serious in disorientating fashion." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 15, 2013
2/5	29%	All Things To All Men ()	" Despite Sewell's laconic ruthlessness, Stephens's steely taciturnity and Byrne's world-weary arrogance, there's an all-round lack of conviction." — Radio Times Posted Apr 12, 2013
3/5	79%	A Late Quartet (2012)	" Constantly engaging." — Radio Times Posted Apr 12, 2013
3/5	42%	Flying Blind ()	" A tough, compelling thriller touching on race, prejudice and contemporary Britain. Not Blitz, in other words." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 8, 2013
4/5	89%	Teorema (Theorem) (1968)	" Whichever of the various interpretations you ascribe to this socio-political parody, the quality is undeniable." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 8, 2013
3/5	33%	Home (Yurt) ()	" A measured, painterly debut." — Empire Magazine Posted Apr 1, 2013
2/5	0%	12 in a Box (2009)	" The farce is forced, the gags grate and the standard of playing varies wildly." — Radio Times Posted Mar 29, 2013
3/5	100%	We Went To War ()	" A compelling look at the lingering devastation of war." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 25, 2013
4/5	86%	The Servant (1963)	" Essentially a two-hander, with Fox admirable as a latter-day Sebastian Flyte and Bogarde (finally nailing his matinée reputation) chilling as the mercenary valet." — Radio Times Posted Mar 22, 2013
3/5	14%	Small Apartments (2013)	" Despite the film's distinctive look and the best efforts of the willing cast, this amusing, morbid and mildly misanthropic mélange always seems to be straining for effect." — Radio Times Posted Mar 22, 2013
3/5	79%	Reality (2013)	" Garrone's critique of Italy's current cultural vapidity is too indulgently affectionate and lacks both originality and bite." — Radio Times Posted Mar 22, 2013
4/5	94%	Neighbouring Sounds (2012)	" A hugely impressive debut feature from Kleber Mendonça Filho." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 22, 2013
5/5	92%	Mother India (1957)	" Put it this way, it's the birth of the Bollywood blockbuster. It should be on every cineaste's must-see list." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2013
4/5	95%	Safety Last! (1923)	" Harold Lloyd manages to make the characters sympathetic enough to carry the audience's concern on his journey of crazy stunts and mishaps. One of the best of this era." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2013
4/5	100%	Bab el hadid (Cairo Station) (The Iron Gate) (1958)	" It's a microcosmic melodrama that uses a bustling symbol of progress to analyse a state divided not just by social injustice, but also by cultural and religious chasms that are widened by external forces." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 18, 2013
4/5	90%	Beyond The Hills (2013)	" A bruising psychodrama from the Palme d'Or winner that taps into the dark heart of central European superstition." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 10, 2013
3/5	68%	The Spirit of '45 ()	" Often fascinating and impassioned, Loach's doc lapses into polemic towards the end, an understandable side-effect of his granite-strong convictions." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 10, 2013
2/5	——	Verity's Summer ()	" Views of the Northumberland coast are sublime but, for all its sincerity, this is self-consciously arty and a little stultifying." — Radio Times Posted Mar 7, 2013
5/5	94%	Journal d'un curé de campagne (Diary of a Country Priest) (1951)	" Bresson's cinematographic tour de force is still incredibly impressive and affecting." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 5, 2013
4/5	96%	L'Argent (1983)	" Compelling morality tale that works on multiple layers." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 5, 2013
5/5	97%	Pickpocket (1959)	" A marvel of poise and circumspect emotion from French auteur Robert Bresson." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 5, 2013
5/5	100%	Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped) (1957)	" Bresson's masterpiece is still a pinnacle in French cinema." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 5, 2013
4/5	92%	Yukinojo Henge (An Actor's Revenge) (1971)	" A masterclass in satirically nostalgic New Wave modernism." — Empire Magazine Posted Mar 4, 2013
5/5	89%	Napoléon (1929)	" Gance's use of subjective camera was almost recklessly ambitious in its bid to give the spectator the most visceral viewing sensation, while his skill in blending and multiplying images was unprecedented." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 26, 2013
5/5	100%	Osaka Elegy (Woman of Osaka) (Naniwa erejî) (1979)	" Mizoguchi regular Isuzu Yamada contributes a superb display of abused decency, but it's the director's astute visual sense that gives the picture its power." — Radio Times Posted Feb 26, 2013
3/5	——	Acoustic Routes ()	" Gold for folk fans." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 25, 2013
3/5	50%	Hi-so ()	" Assarat's freeform film is sometimes tantalising if noodle-baking stuff. If you can divine its meaning, take the rest of the year off." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 25, 2013
3/5	87%	Trashed (2012)	" A timely doc that seeks to amuse and inform as much as alarm." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 25, 2013
2/5	——	Ollie Kepler's Expanding Purple World ()	" Writer/director Viv Fongenie works hard to assess the impact of schizophrenia on sufferers and those around them, but any claims that this movie is Donnie Darko meets Billy Liar are well wide of the mark." — Radio Times Posted Feb 22, 2013
4/5	100%	Fire In The Blood ()	" Angry, impassionate filmmaking that demands - and deserves - serious answers." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 17, 2013
4/5	100%	The Earrings of Madame De... (Diamond Earrings) (1954)	" Deliciously blending Sacha Guitry's The Pearls of the Crown and Ophüls's own La Ronde, this is just about as polished as European cinema gets." — Radio Times Posted Feb 15, 2013
3/5	98%	Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (2012)	" [A] harrowing exposé of child abuse within the Roman Catholic Church, which reveals the extent the Vatican has been actively involved in covering up crimes committed by priests." — Radio Times Posted Feb 15, 2013
3/5	66%	For Ellen (2012)	" Awkward, spartan storytelling from Korean director So Yong Kim that captures the tender heart of family bonds." — Empire Magazine Posted Feb 11, 2013
4/5	94%	I Wish (2012)	" It's Koreeda's subtly elliptical storytelling and measured control of character, locale and pace that makes this so engaging." — Radio Times Posted Feb 8, 2013
3/5	100%	Kovasikajuttu (The Punk Syndrome) ()	" Candid and compassionate. Loud, too." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 30, 2013
2/5	13%	Do Elephants Pray? ()	" Enjoyable but slight." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 30, 2013
4/5	75%	Dwae-ji-ui wang (The King of Pigs) ()	" A violent Korean anime with real teeth." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 21, 2013
4/5	86%	Ballroom Dancer ()	" More gripping than a Michael Vaughan foxtrot, this is the perfect docu-thriller for the Strictly aficionado." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 14, 2013
4/5	100%	Underground ()	" Asquith's subterranean melodrama is a fascinating journey back in time." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 7, 2013
4/5	76%	Hors Satan (2013)	" Bleak and compelling." — Empire Magazine Posted Jan 2, 2013
2/5	80%	Baraka (1993)	" While it's easy to look at these often beautiful moving postcards, Fricke presents locations without identifying them, so most viewers will quickly find themselves lost and overwhelmed." — Radio Times Posted Dec 14, 2012

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