|
4/5
|
——
|
Fire In The Night () |
"
A stark, nerveshredding portrait of desperate heroism beyond the reach of a fictional disaster movie."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Shun LI And The Poet (2013) |
"
A film of gentle contrasts rather than tub-thumping extremes, Segre striking a tone as languid as the lagoon where events take place."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
The King of Marvin Gardens (1972) |
"
A minor-key marvel."
—
Total Film
Posted May 15, 2013
|
|
|
30%
|
King Of The Travellers () |
"
There's a strand of 'us vs them' that eventually grates, but O'Connor's marshalling of a cast that includes many real travellers shows real feeling for this misunderstood community."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
14%
|
Small Apartments (2013) |
"
Jonas Åkerlund's crass, cartoonish comedy about an oddball trying to dispose of his landlord's corpse."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Hi-so () |
"
As a study of cultural ennui, it makes Lost In Translation look like an action movie."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 18, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Side by Side (2012) |
"
With film labs closing down and new formats springing up all the time, this is a timely stock-take of 21st Century cinema."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 21, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Ballroom Dancer () |
"
Anybody hoping for glamour will be disappointed: this is an icily dispassionate portrait of grinding routine in the pursuit of perfectionism."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 15, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Underground () |
"
Stylistically, it's a melting pot of influences, Asquith stirring together Hollywood-style melodrama with a Soviet-esque hymn to London life and a dash of German expressionist shadow."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 15, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
Cheerful Weather For The Wedding (2012) |
"
There's more to period drama than nice frocks and acerbic asides."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
76%
|
Hors Satan (2013) |
"
The vagueness won't win Dumont new fans, but his enigmatic allegory of intertwined good and evil does linger in the mind."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
Electric Man () |
"
More geek creak than geek chic."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
Huard's charm offsets the plots contrivances, while Ken Scott's finely balanced direction humanises the high concept."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 19, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Cinema Komunisto () |
"
The irreverence pays off in some gobsmacking anecdotes, all backed by archive footage."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 19, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan () |
"
Told with affection and unprecedented access, this is the definitive word on the career of one of cinema's most authentic geniuses."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 30, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
Dinotasia (2012) |
"
Werner Herzog's grandiose, unintentionally camp narration adds entertainment value, but there's zero educational sustenance in the film's servings of synthetic gore."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 24, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
My Brother The Devil (2013) |
"
A highly promising debut; if our credulity gets roughed up in places, its warmth, compassion and maturity bring a ray of sunshine to Brit-film's bleakest genre."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 18, 2012
|
|
|
——
|
Cocaine Unwrapped () |
"
A compassionate, considered plea to weekend warriors to think twice before choosing charlie."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2012) |
"
A compelling case study in the perils of taking on Goliath, and a timely parable about modern media and corporate "reputation anxiety"."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 10, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
57%
|
Love (2011) |
"
Somehow - for only $500,000, using a set he built in his parents' yard - Eubank has fashioned an avant-garde Moon, harnessing greater ambition and technical flair than most mega-budget hype magnets."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Revenge of the Electric Car (2011) |
"
The resulting puff-piece is a warning to crusading filmmakers about what happens after they've beaten the system."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 9, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
You've Been Trumped (2012) |
"
A vital, visceral antidote to Trump's slick PR machine."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 2, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012) |
"
If you're sceptical about performance art, this might just change your mind."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Exit Humanity (2012) |
"
A sub-Cold Mountain travelogue beset by tedious talk, stiff performances and zero menace."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
98%
|
Silent Souls (2011) |
"
There's nothing here Andrei Tarkovsky didn't achieve in his prime, but at a mere 78 minutes it maintains focus with admirable purity."
—
Total Film
Posted Jun 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
Monsieur Lazhar (2012) |
"
The result is a shrewd look at classroom etiquette and an achingly sad study of grief-stricken solitude, built on ace performances by Fellag and the kids..."
—
Total Film
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Town Of Runners () |
"
Fluctuations in form, funding and bureaucracy hinder the girls' progress but their ambition never wavers. In an Olympic year, here's an inspirational reminder of what it's all about."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 10, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Oliver Sherman () |
"
The north-of-the-border setting promises fresh perspectives but local novelty can't disguise universal clichés, despite Dillahunt's memorably haunted star turn."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 10, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
31%
|
A Man's Story (2012) |
"
Sadly, rather than provide insight into Boateng's creative process, director Varon Bonicos is dazzled by the globetrotting, celeb-schmoozing lifestyle."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 27, 2012
|
|
|
93%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
Gosling speaks through movement: his walk is gliding, his profile aquiline, and his dress sense is pimped up. In short, he pretty much is a car."
—
Clothes on Film
Posted Oct 22, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Blood in the Mobile () |
"
Frank Piasecki Poulsen's commendable-if-flawed doc demands that Nokia commits to an ethical supply chain."
—
Total Film
Posted Oct 19, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
72%
|
The Tree (2011) |
"
Initially promising, this Aussie weepie branches unconvincingly into magic realism, with symbolism so clunky it hampers Gainsbourg's involving turn."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 2, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) |
"
Arrietty's craft and charm will invite universal acclaim."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 27, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
Super (2011) |
"
A bold superhero Taxi Driver, but for every viewer revelling in its savage satire, another will see a cynical, uncertain mess."
—
Total Film
Posted Jul 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Amreeka (2009) |
"
It's charming and laidback, preferring wry, compassionate humour to politicking."
—
Total Film
Posted May 11, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
The Insatiable Moon () |
"
How many religious parables make their point with creative swearing, gallows wit, and even a God-bothering sex scene?"
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 24, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Confessions (Kokuhaku) (2010) |
"
Despite the intensity of the first-act monologue, Nakashima's hypnotic, slo-mo style keeps tension and humour well short of the bad-taste extremity that Takashi Miike might have delivered."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 31, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
52%
|
The Next Three Days (2010) |
"
Haggis struggles to make his presence felt over ludicrous thrills, but Crowe is superb and the entertainment factor high."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 15, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Slackistan () |
"
A laudable but laboured twist on slackerdom."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 8, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
90%
|
Aftershocks (Tangshan dadizhen) (2010) |
"
Mimics the worst of Hollywood's excesses, pairing gratuitous shock with patriotism and a flood of tear-jerking moments calculated for awards bodies' consideration."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 1, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Le refuge (Hideaway (Le refuge)) (2010) |
"
The narrative's flimsy, but Ozon's intimate HD camerawork mainlines Carré's palpable emotion, blurring hormonal instinct into acting craft for a rounded portrayal of Mousse's conflicted impulses..."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 19, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Beeswax (2009) |
"
It takes real talent to make something so studied feel this soufflé-light, especially in the Hatchers' charming naturalism."
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 15, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
John Rabe (2010) |
"
http://www.totalfilm.com/reviews/cinema/city-of-war-the-john-rabe-story"
—
Total Film
Posted Apr 2, 2010
|
|
|
62%
|
Beyond the Pole (2009) |
"
Faintly absurd run-ins with polar bears and a rival expedition go as you'd expect, while the mockery of the men's unwitting hypocrisy plays second fiddle to the endearingly silly buddy act."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 19, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Unloved (2009) |
"
It's commanding, committed and sometimes too chilly to truly engage, but it's also heartfelt, powerful stuff - especially in Lauren Socha's passionate, painful performance as Lucy's lost-cause roommate."
—
Total Film
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
Fireball (Muay Thai Dunk) (2009) |
"
The ball games are so over-edited and CGI-embellished, it's like watching a hardcore version of Quidditch."
—
Total Film
Posted Jan 8, 2010
|
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