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4/5
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94%
|
Fright Night (1985) |
"
Neatly parodying Hitchcock and John Hughes movies, writer/director Tom Holland litters his rattling story with as many laughs as jolts."
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Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
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|
5/5
|
97%
|
The Innocents (1961) |
"
The film bristles with menace as it draws you inexorably towards its chilling conclusion."
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Radio Times
Posted Oct 7, 2013
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|
5/5
|
100%
|
The Invisible Man (1933) |
"
The success of this superb adaptation of HG Wells's novel is down to John P Fulton and John J Mescall's pioneering special effects and the eerie atmosphere conjured up by horror maestro James Whale."
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Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
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|
|
92%
|
Cat People () |
"
Produced by Val Lewton and directed by the great Jacques Tourneur, this was one of the first Hollywood horrors to play on the audience's fears rather than expose it to ghouls and monsters."
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Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
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|
3/5
|
100%
|
Which Way Is the Front Line from Here? The Life and Times of Tim Hetherington (2013) |
"
Unsurprisingly, considering the circumstances, this is less a meticulous study of photojournalist's art than an privileged and emotional look at the life of a friend and colleague."
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Empire Magazine
Posted Oct 6, 2013
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|
5/5
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96%
|
Dead of Night (1945) |
"
Ealing will for ever be associated with its celebrated comedies, but this chilling quintet deserves to be considered among the studio's finest achievements."
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Radio Times
Posted Oct 6, 2013
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|
4/5
|
89%
|
Cronos (1994) |
"
A compelling, complex and wonderfully atmospheric film from Mexican director Guillermo del Toro that is as much about religion and the nature of cinema as it is a horror story."
—
Radio Times
Posted Oct 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Folie à Deux - madness made of two () |
"
Interesting, occasionally ramshackle story of grand ambition and crisis."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 29, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
The Blue Black Hussar () |
"
Bond rightly concentrates on the new material and Ant's new persona, the Blueblack Hussar, whose live shows are splendidly eclectic and occasionally electrifying."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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4/5
|
68%
|
The Artist and the Model (2013) |
"
Shot in magisterial black-and-white, veteran director Trueba's drama is a welcome return from the Belle Epoque man."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 9, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Museum Hours (2013) |
"
A beguiling and often moving treatise on the relationship between art and life."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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|
3/5
|
80%
|
Any Day Now (2012) |
"
For all its commitment and compassion, Cumming's performance always feels as embellished as his climactic torch songs."
—
Radio Times
Posted Sep 6, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
More Than Honey (2013) |
"
Informative and occasionally scary."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Sep 2, 2013
|
|
|
67%
|
Reality Bites (1993) |
"
For all its faults, this still has moments of hip charm."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 28, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
The Birth of a Nation (1915) |
"
The Birth of a Nation has become a staple of any film studies course, for its excellent performances, thrilling action sequences and epic landscapes. However it's subject matter is much more controversial now."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Kuma () |
"
The drama simmers gently, as Kurdish-Austrian director Umut Dag handles his debut feature with assurance."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 12, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Mahanagar (The Big City) (The Great City) (1967) |
"
Another Ray work of deceptive simplicity and deep-lying emotion."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Aug 12, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
Chicken Run (2000) |
"
This feathered pastiche of PoW classics such as The Great Escape and Stalag 17 is an awesome achievement by consummate film-makers."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Trading Places (1983) |
"
This blatant, unacknowledged reworking of The Prince and the Pauper is a rattling comedy showcase for the unique talents of Eddie Murphy and Dan Aykroyd, who have seldom recaptured the form they show here."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 3, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
"
Ultimately, it lacks the resonance of such classics as All Quiet on the Western Front, but this is still well-meaning, strongly acted and slickly mounted, and ranks among the director's very best films."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 2, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Unforgiven (1992) |
"
This is, quite simply, one of the finest films ever made in the genre."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 2, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Secret Garden (1993) |
"
The film retains the gothic atmosphere of the book and looks amazing, thanks to Roger Deakins's scintillating photography. Stealing the show is Maggie Smith as beastly housekeeper Mrs Medlock."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
Supercop (Police Story 3) (Ging chaat goo si 3: Chiu kap ging chaat) (1992) |
"
This is riotous fun throughout."
—
Radio Times
Posted Aug 1, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
The Big Easy (1987) |
"
After watching this sizzling crime thriller, you will be at a loss to explain why director Jim McBride failed to go on and take Hollywood by storm. At least the careers of Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin were boosted."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 31, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
A Fish Called Wanda (1988) |
"
This hilarious tale of criminal incompetence and transatlantic eccentricity is easily John Cleese's finest achievement since Fawlty Towers."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 30, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
83%
|
Thelma & Louise (1991) |
"
In creating the characters Thelma and Louise for this hugely entertaining and controversial road movie, Oscar-winning scriptwriter Callie Khouri put women in the driving seat for the first time."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 30, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
61%
|
My Father and the Man in Black (2013) |
"
Slightly jerry-built reconstructions detract from an intriguing film with a unique angle on the country legend. "
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 28, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Viramundo () |
"
A fan-pleasing snapshot of a musical great at the peak of his powers. "
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 28, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
Days Of Grace (Dias De Gracia) (2011) |
"
It may feel more like pulp than art house, but it still maintains its grip, bound together by a score composed by Nick Cave, among others."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Viramundo () |
"
The movie is often heady, and occasionally woolly, but always enjoyable."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Dial M for Murder (1954) |
"
Milland's sinister sophistication catches the eye, but Kelly's subtly shaded suffering is superb."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Blackfish (2013) |
"
Some of the archive footage is exceedingly harrowing, but the case against commercially condoned cruelty is made without sensationalism, and few will be able to watch this without a growing sense of outrage."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries) (1957) |
"
Gunnar Fischer's photography becomes ever more luminous and Sjöström's performance grows in greatness."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 23, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Persona (1966) |
"
Wonderfully complex but warmly human, Bergman's drama is one of his very best."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 23, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Dial M for Murder (1954) |
"
Despite Hitchcock's own reservations this is definitely worth a look. Interesting to his aficionados and darkly funny and depressing in turns."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Blackfish (2013) |
"
Impassioned and disturbing, this doc matches The Cove for marrying cool intellect with real fire."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 22, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Wadjda (2013) |
"
As simple and charming as you could wish for, this is a genuinely pioneering debut from a female Saudi filmmaker and a striking piece of work by any standards."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 15, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Blancanieves (2013) |
"
What makes this so entrancing is Berger's mastery of image and tone, and the wondrous combination of glistening monochrome cinematography, evocative production design, glorious costumes and an exceptional score from Alfonso de Vilallonga."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
81%
|
The Moo Man () |
"
Cogent but restrained in its politicking, The Moo Man contains plenty of wit, wisdom and compassion, as well as much bucolic charm."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Citadel (2012) |
"
Despite being innovatively directed and punchily edited, as a genre piece this is lacking in depth and genuine dread."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Les Invisibles () |
"
Clever and compassionate."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
23%
|
Dying Young (1991) |
"
Joel Schumacher's lamentable tear-jerker is a crass crossbreed of Love Story and Pretty Woman."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jul 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
Out in the Dark (2013) |
"
A sometimes over-simplified but often affecting look at forbidden love."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
72%
|
The Wall (2013) |
"
Bold and beautiful, this is a mystery worth puzzling over."
—
Empire Magazine
Posted Jul 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Lal gece (Night of Silence) () |
"
The ambiguity of how the drama plays out only enhances the fascination of this intimate, intense but always discreet dissection of antiquated patriarchal custom."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 28, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Reservoir Dogs (1992) |
"
Brash, abrasive and unrelenting, this is a must-see."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
I Am Breathing (2013) |
"
The courage shown by Neil and the devoted and wondrously patient Louise is not only humbling, but also genuinely moving and quietly heroic."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
As an exercise in conveying place, mood and human foible, this is consistently intriguing."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 22, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
The Usual Suspects (1995) |
"
It's a film that demands to be watched again and again -- this is good old-fashioned pulp fiction told in the slickest 1990s style."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 18, 2013
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