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5/5
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100%
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Journey to Italy (Viaggio in Italia) (Strangers) (The Lonely Woman) (1954) |
"
Rossellini stealthily ushers us towards a sense of heady affirmation so primal that 'romance' isn't a strong enough word for it."
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Time Out
Posted May 8, 2013
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2/5
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36%
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Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
A way-too-leisurely thriller whose destination is fairly obvious from early on, but to which the talented cast apply themselves with effortful seriousness."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 30, 2013
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4/5
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74%
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Love Is All You Need (2013) |
"
The cliché-averse will doubtless resist, but the laughter and tears here are never less than fully earned. A lovely film."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 17, 2013
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2/5
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33%
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Home (Yurt) () |
"
The story is too vague and episodic, though it is told with sincerity and passion."
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Radio Times
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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3/5
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94%
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First Position (2012) |
"
Undeniably effective as drama, as we ponder the varying degrees of ambition and talent driving these young people to push their bodies beyond the limit in the hope of grasping a future in the spotlight."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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2/5
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34%
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The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) |
"
Odd indeed."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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2/5
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29%
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All Things To All Men () |
"
The spiralling plot becomes increasingly academic while it seems to think it's being terribly clever."
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Time Out
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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4/5
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87%
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In the House (2013) |
"
A witty, naughty, insight-packed provocation which never takes its seriousness too seriously."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 26, 2013
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3/5
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51%
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Post Tenebras Lux (2013) |
"
The film does come across as an evidently sincere attempt to create a new kind of cinema, but opinion will certainly vary on whether Reygadas really does offer, as his title suggests, light after darkness."
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Radio Times
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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1/5
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20%
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Identity Thief (2013) |
"
It saddles Bateman with a thankless uptight straight-man role while heaping serial slapstick ignominies on his co-star, who gamely bounds through everything the script throws at her."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 19, 2013
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100%
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Bab el hadid (Cairo Station) (The Iron Gate) (1958) |
"
It's a strikingly controlled, confident, bitingly effective display, which leaves you wondering where this film has been all our lives."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 18, 2013
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3/5
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40%
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Parker (2013) |
"
Overall, it gets by, but bets are hedged when single-minded efficiency and ice in the veins would have been enough."
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Time Out
Posted Mar 5, 2013
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2/5
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67%
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Stoker (2013) |
"
A drab, mannered horror-melodrama, potentially interesting in execution but relentlessly tedious in outcome."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 26, 2013
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2/5
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13%
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Safe Haven (2013) |
"
[The] final reel ... descends into the Vortex of Bonkers, delivering fits of unexpected laughter."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 26, 2013
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4/5
|
50%
|
Hi-so () |
"
Some will find it a bit muted, but those attuned to the quiet desolation of an Antonioni or Hou Hsiao-Hsien will find much to admire. A welcome discovery."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 26, 2013
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3/5
|
100%
|
Fire In The Blood () |
"
If the film sags a little under the weight of information, it never loses sight of the individual suffering and courage which makes the story so significant."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 20, 2013
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3/5
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73%
|
Unfinished Song (Song for Marion) (2013) |
"
Even though we know where the film's going, it still manages to give the tear-ducts a workout."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 20, 2013
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4/5
|
66%
|
For Ellen (2012) |
"
It's uncomfortably funny, achingly true - and the work of an absolutely genuine artist."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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3/5
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63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
Scatty, intriguing but slightly undercooked ..."
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Time Out
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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2/5
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Residual affection for the talent and a certain '80s nostalgia will make this amenable to some, but, in all honesty, it's not up to much."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 30, 2013
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3/5
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75%
|
Dwae-ji-ui wang (The King of Pigs) () |
"
Visually, it goes for etched simplicity, bolstered by appropriately shouty performances: the result is forthrightly in-your-face, culturally fascinating, but a tough watch."
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Time Out
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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3/5
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77%
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Aurora (2011) |
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Time Out
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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3/5
|
99%
|
Jiro Dreams of Sushi (2012) |
"
The exquisite nigiri slices gleam with freshness, and you do learn about the component parts to the perfect serving of sea eel or gizzard shad."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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4/5
|
100%
|
Underground () |
"
An utterly splendid achievement all round."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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4/5
|
100%
|
McCullin () |
"
Here's a man who has witnessed what he terms "the price of humanity": his pictures and this compelling documentary are eloquent testimony to the darkness and light inherent in those words."
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Radio Times
Posted Jan 3, 2013
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4/5
|
76%
|
Hors Satan (2013) |
"
The result is mesmerising, beatific, disturbing, and leaves us pondering our own beliefs in a way few films do."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 26, 2012
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3/5
|
66%
|
Love Crime (2011) |
"
The interplay between the two very different leads and the involving, increasingly dark story keep things moving along nicely."
—
Radio Times
Posted Dec 14, 2012
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4/5
|
95%
|
Chasing Ice (2012) |
"
Still an eco-sceptic? Clap your eyes on this lot. Awe-inspiring, terrifying, transcendently beautiful, and absolutely weighted with significance for the future of the planet."
—
Time Out
Posted Dec 11, 2012
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2/5
|
17%
|
Gambit () |
"
'Gambit' is like drinking cheap, warm champagne from a plastic cup."
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Time Out
Posted Nov 13, 2012
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2/5
|
——
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Bienvenue parmi nous (Welcome Abroad) () |
"
[Looks] no further than the usual odd-couple clichés and opting for trite story beats rather than believable characterisation."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 23, 2012
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4/5
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
A gem, no less."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 16, 2012
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4/5
|
100%
|
BB King: The Life of Riley () |
"
In the music business, 'legend' is an over-used word: see this and understand what it means."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 11, 2012
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3/5
|
65%
|
Private Peaceful () |
"
O'Connor shows his old-school expertise in the charming country childhood sequences, where the film feels most individual and alive."
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Time Out
Posted Oct 11, 2012
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2/5
|
63%
|
Sinister (2012) |
"
This so-so, occasionally effective horror film combines found-footage creepiness and haunted-house scares - but is stronger on mood than story."
—
Time Out
Posted Oct 2, 2012
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4/5
|
80%
|
The Prophet () |
"
Tarn's expansive, intimate, lovely film lets us share the connectedness of humanity, as we see lovers, workers, families all over the world getting on with the business of being alive."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 18, 2012
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2/5
|
43%
|
To Rome with Love (2012) |
"
Allen's creative revival comes to a juddering halt with a foursome of would-be amusing vignettes that barely muster a laugh between them."
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Time Out
Posted Sep 11, 2012
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2/5
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
Hardy is a fierce anti-hero, well matched against the manic, leather-gloved Pearce, but Hillcoat just cannot bring order to the chaos."
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Radio Times
Posted Sep 7, 2012
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2/5
|
77%
|
Samsara (2012) |
"
Fricke's film reminds us there's an inspiring world out there, but his approach is badly in need of creative rebirth."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 28, 2012
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4/5
|
95%
|
The Imposter (2012) |
"
You couldn't make this stuff up - and no one would buy it as fiction. But as a documentary, it's a different matter."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 21, 2012
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2/5
|
63%
|
The Wedding Video () |
"
This homegrown romcom is pretty much doomed from the start."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 14, 2012
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3/5
|
78%
|
Brave (2012) |
"
No, not another Pixar classic, but for full-on family fun it's a brave effort."
—
Time Out
Posted Aug 7, 2012
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2/5
|
21%
|
360 (2012) |
"
'360' is classy but utterly amorphous, and that seemingly benign title gives far too much away."
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Time Out
Posted Aug 7, 2012
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4/5
|
92%
|
A Simple Life (2012) |
"
An exquisite and wise moment of celluloid portraiture."
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Time Out
Posted Jul 31, 2012
|
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2/5
|
41%
|
The Flowers of War (2011) |
"
Zhang's flamboyant camera choreography and diva-ish flounces of melodrama are vivid but misplaced."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 31, 2012
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4/5
|
96%
|
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) |
"
All you really have to know about this surprising and emotive music doc is that you should see it."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 24, 2012
|
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2/5
|
55%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Though it's clear we're meant to be moved by the big finale, the sight of these two together is so unsettling it's hard not to start rooting for the asteroid."
—
Time Out
Posted Jul 10, 2012
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2/5
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
Friedkin remains an expert technician to this day, but it's difficult to understand his enthusiasm for this seemingly juvenile exercise in trailer-trash excess."
—
Radio Times
Posted Jun 29, 2012
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3/5
|
92%
|
The Fairy (2012) |
"
The story cuts corners, so it's not the masterpiece these filmmakers may yet create - but when they're on, this is jolly and so cute you'll sigh."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 26, 2012
|
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2/5
|
52%
|
Where Do We Go Now? (2012) |
"
This is energetic, bursting with sincerity, yet also frustrating and disappointing."
—
Time Out
Posted Jun 19, 2012
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