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Senses of Cinema

Rating Title | Year Quote Author
100%

Laura (2005)

"Preminger deals in facades, with how perception cheats us, right down to the ideal image of Laura as a portrait. (Cinémathèque Annotations on Film)"

Matthew Sorrento

100%

Un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou Le vent souffle où il veut (A Man Escaped) (1957)

"One of Bresson's most sublime and understated films, in a career that consists of a series of meditational masterpieces that minutely and compassionately examine the human condition."

Gwendolyn Audrey Foster

60%

Nijushi no Hitomi (Twenty-Four Eyes) (1999)

"Twenty Four Eyes remained a favorite with Japanese audiences for decades after its production. Its use of music and cinematography alone is conducive to an indulgence in nostalgia."

Freda Freiberg

100%

Waga Seishun ni Kuinashi (No Regrets for Our Youth) (1946)

"An important early contribution to the director's oeuvre and a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of his creative style."

Brian Wilson

——

Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy ()

Michael Zryd

100%

Toni (1934)

"Each sequence of the film is a tour-de-force of imagination: Renoir continues his investigations of depth of field and the moving camera and makes painterly use of the natural landscapes to counterpoint the drama. "

92%

The Connection (2007)

"Shirley Clarke's work should continue to be screened, studied, and discussed, as she remains an iconoclastic artist who is vital to the development of the medium."

Bill Blick

97%

La Grande illusion (Grand Illusion) (2012)

"La Grande Illusion is a sublimely poignant and lucidly insightful commentary on the social legacy of the Great War in Europe."

Acquarello

100%

The Love Parade (1929)

"Combining the Ruritanian settings and aristocratic glamour of operetta with the lightness of revue, the film takes musical cinema out of the Broadway theatres and into a romanticised vision of the world."

David Cairns

100%

The Three Musketeers (1921)

Michael Koller

87%

Zazie dans le métro (Zazie in the Subway) (1960)

"It works, not despite its mélange of slapstick, tragedy, farce and satire, but because of it. "

——

Parsifal (1982)

Bill Blick

——

Camp de Thiaroye (1990)

James Leahy

——

Little White Lies (1984)

Geoff Gardner

——

WWE - Rebellion (2003)

Simon McLean

——

Trans-Europ-Express (1966)

Jonathan Dawson

——

Gore from Outer Space (2005)

Christa Bluemlinger

——

Gore from Outer Space (2005)

Rhys Graham

100%

Whisky Galore! (Tight Little Island) (1949)

Darragh O'Donoghue

——

Applause ()

Alexander Jacoby

83%

I Confess (1952)

"Clift's man-in-crisis performance is one of his finest."

Ken Mogg

80%

City Girl (1930)

Adrian Danks

——

The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith (1978)

Allan James Thomas

100%

Germania Anno Zero (Germany Year Zero) (1949)

Megan Carrigy

——

Lettre de Sibérie (Letter from Siberia) ()

Adrian Miles

——

Negative Space ()

Benjamin Halligan

——

Hold Your Man (1933)

David Boxwell

82%

Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai (2000)

Marco Lanzagorta

——

Camp De Thiaroye (2008)

James Leahy

——

Ying chun ge zhi Fengbo (The Fate of Lee Khan) (1973)

Stephen Teo

82%

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

Garrett Chaffin-Quiray

——

Manpower (1941)

John Flaus

——

Human Remains ()

Rhys Graham

——

Man with a Gun (Gun for Hire) (Hired for Killing) (1994)

Rose Capp

——

Full Moon in New York (Ren zai Niu Yue) (1990)

Stephen Teo

——

Matka Joanna od Aniolów (Mother Joan of the Angels) (1961)

Jorge Didaco

97%

Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) (1988)

"The ephemeral fireflies, which fascinate the children and accompany them everywhere, become a potent and lyrical symbol of the fragility, brevity and beauty of life."

Freda Freiberg

——

Sink or Swim (1990)

Michael Zryd

93%

Dead Man Walking (1995)

Gino Moliterno

——

Three Little Pigs (1933)

Adrian Danks

95%

Fireworks (Hana-bi) (1997)

Chris Meir

——

Taiyo no uta (Midnight Sun) (2006)

David Boxwell

——

The Typewriter, the Rifle & the Movie Camera ()

Peter Tonguette

——

Tung moon (Rebellion) (2009)

Simon McLean

——

Hidden Agenda (2001)

Bob Carroll

——

Body Melt (2003)

Adrian Martin

——

Detective (2009)

Anna Dzenis

——

Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (Lettre à Jane) ()

Jonathan Dawson

95%

Léon Morin, Prêtre (Leon Morin, Priest) (The Forgiven Sinner) (1961)

Adrian Danks

——

Allemagne 90 neuf zéro (Germany Year 90 Nine Zero) (1991)

Marc Lauria

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