Mark Stafford
Mark Stafford's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at the following Tomatometer-approved publication(s):
Electric Sheep
Movies reviews only
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Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) |
Tonite is a definite case of the right filmmaker at the right time. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Mar 01, 2018
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Sid & Nancy (1986) |
An inventive and energetic raggedy thing, made with a wide screen chutzpah rare in British film, and held together by a committed charismatic lead couple. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Aug 05, 2016
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High-Rise (2015) |
I'm amazed that what has finally emerged is this successful in capturing the flavour of the book, or at least a warped and woozy hybrid of Ballard and director Ben Wheatley/writer Amy Jump's sensibilities. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Mar 16, 2016
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Love & Peace (2015) |
There are sizeable chunks of Love & Peace where it sits on the right side of 'delightfully deranged' and delivers. I suspect that my face sported a sizeable grin for the moments when my head wasn't buried in my hands. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 26, 2015
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The Invitation (2015) |
I love how it never lets you off the hook until the final payoff. A proper skincrawler. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Oct 09, 2015
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The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015) |
On the whole ... it's frustrating. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jul 24, 2015
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The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) (2015) |
It pulls itself together a bit for the last act, and delivers what anybody renting, streaming or buying something called The Human Centipede 3 would want to see. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jul 08, 2015
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The Look of Silence (2014) |
Thoughtful, beautiful, upsetting, magnificent, it's a film you'll chew over for days, and weeks, afterwards. A film you'll leave in silence. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jun 10, 2015
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Lost River (2014) |
Worth a gamble. Hell, you might love it. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 13, 2015
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Monsters: Dark Continent (2014) |
To be fair, there is a fair amount of visual spectacle, the action sequences are quite well mounted, and the last act is admittedly more interesting than what has preceded it, but honestly, by that time I was past caring. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 28, 2014
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White Bird in a Blizzard (2014) |
'You scratch the surface and there's just... more surface', Kat intones at one point. Well, quite. But it's an enjoyable surface to scratch. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 24, 2014
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Wild Tales (2014) |
Like an act of revenge, Wild Tales probably isn't healthy or edifying, but damn, it feels good. Highly recommended. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 24, 2014
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When Animals Dream (2014) |
Classy, smart stuff, and a promising debut from director Jonas Alexander Arnby. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 21, 2014
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Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014) |
Everybody seems to be lonely and lost and hurting, and this atmosphere, and the film's off-kilter focus, make it linger in the memory. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Oct 29, 2014
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Polyester (1981) |
Polyester is definitely one of Waters's best films, and I highly recommend attending an 'Odorama' screening for a unique night at the movies. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 01, 2014
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We Are the Best! (2013) |
There may not be a great deal to the film other than a little slice of time, but it's bloody delightful - a warm, spiky hug. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 17, 2014
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The Double (2013) |
This is bold, intelligent filmmaking. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 02, 2014
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The Zero Theorem (2013) |
A downbeat, pretty, befuddled mess. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Mar 04, 2014
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Wake in Fright (1971) |
Throughout we feel like we are watching a real world, with the extensive use of real locations and real outback dwellers, where none of the professional actors breaks the spell. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Mar 04, 2014
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Milius (2013) |
Milius has a twisty, frequently hilarious, and ultimately moving tale to tell, and it rounds up an impressive roster of talking heads to tell it with. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 01, 2013
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The Wicker Man - Final Cut (2013) |
While its influence has grown over the years, The Wicker Man still has the feel of a film apart, an island detached from the mainstream. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 27, 2013
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The Act of Killing (2012) |
You may need a stiff drink and a lie down afterwards. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jun 25, 2013
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Mud (2013) |
Mud clearly sets out from frame one to run along well-worn tracks - it's like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn meets Whistle down the Wind. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted May 09, 2013
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Compliance (2012) |
An effective, nasty little film from Craig Zobel. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Mar 22, 2013
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West of Memphis (2012) |
I was never bored, it's very much recommended, but viewers should be warned that it contains a lot of distressing forensic footage. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Dec 17, 2012
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Room 237 (2012) |
Ascher does his damnedest to make it visually and aurally interesting, and lets his chosen voices speak without judgement. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Oct 23, 2012
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This Must Be the Place (2011) |
A lot of it is terrific stuff, but there's just too much here to be digestible, too much to be resolved satisfactorily. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 05, 2012
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
Sean Durkin's debut is a creepy, tense and ambiguous piece of work. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Feb 02, 2012
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Tatsumi (2011) |
Highly recommended for the graphically inclined, worthwhile viewing for the curious, now check out the books. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jan 13, 2012
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Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) (2010) |
Eye-popping, disarming and playful, with a brisker pace than you might expect from this director. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Dec 02, 2011
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Magic Trip: Ken Kesey's Search for a Kool Place (2011) |
There is much here to amuse, bemuse and tantalise; we get to see the inside of a particular bubble, with Ginsberg and Kerouac and the Grateful Dead, a nascent scene before it went global. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 19, 2011
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The Snowtown Murders (2011) |
Authentically, viscerally convincing in its performances and milieu, Snowtown throbs with tension and a deep sense of wrongness from its first reel onwards. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Nov 16, 2011
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The Yellow Sea (2010) |
I was never bored, it's fast and funny and edge-of-the-seat tense; it's just that I'd still like to see the end of the film it started off being. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Oct 19, 2011
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Guilty of Romance (2011) |
It's a film I primarily watched with my jaw in my lap wondering what the hell I was going to witness next. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 30, 2011
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Red State (2011) |
There are jagged tonal shifts and dramatic dead ends. It's messy, but it's thrilling, creepy and continually does things you don't expect. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 28, 2011
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The Taqwacores (2010) |
It has energy and humour and a nice bleached out look. And it throws a startling image or off-the-wall piece of dialogue at you every few minutes of its lean 83-minute running time. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Aug 12, 2011
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Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) |
Garbus tells the tale well, and does a good job making the matches exciting even for those, like me, who don't play the game. But Fischer still remains a bit of an elusive figure, largely, I suspect, because nobody actually knew him very well. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jul 14, 2011
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Cell 211 (2009) |
I don't believe that these events would happen like this in the real world, but for 113 tense, charged minutes I was wholly swept up in them. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jul 13, 2011
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Cutter's Way (1981) |
Passer continued his wayward career without ever producing anything quite like Cutter again. It's a one-off, a largely overlooked shining gem. Do yourself a favour. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jun 23, 2011
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Viva Riva! (2010) |
Viva Riva! has energy and pace, it's a pretty creditable attempt at a Congolese The Harder They Come, a blaxploitation Treasure of the Sierra Madre. It's fun. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Jun 22, 2011
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The Four Times (2010) |
For 88 minutes le Quattro Volte weaves a curious spell, like a live action Sylvain Chomet animation, a bucolic meander through the mysteries of life and death. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted May 25, 2011
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Julia's Eyes (2010) |
It's still pretty scary, but never steps outside the confines of what you'd expect from this kind of thing. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted May 20, 2011
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Outside the Law (2010) |
It's handsome, confident large-scale cinema, with a fascinating historical heart. Take no prisoners stuff. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted May 05, 2011
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The Dybbuk (1938) |
A film overlaid with real tragedy, created by artists long disappeared, dispersed and destroyed, but one still brimming with life and soul and artistry. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 20, 2011
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How I Ended This Summer (2010) |
It's a film about temperament and time and territory, clearly shot in arduous conditions in a bleak and breathtaking landscape. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Apr 19, 2011
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Animal Kingdom (2010) |
Animal Kingdom shocks, surprises and amazes but never seems false or unreal. A great film. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Feb 25, 2011
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) |
Rare Exports promises to be delirious fun, and largely delivers. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Dec 02, 2010
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Carlos (2010) |
It's a great, charismatic performance from Edgar Ramrez, who really goes the distance... - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Oct 13, 2010
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Enter the Void (2009) |
Enter the Void is an extraordinary piece of work, continually working miracles with picture and sound from beginning to end, a heady, grimy, powerful trip created through pure cinema. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Sep 22, 2010
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The Human Centipede (2009) |
Anyone expecting fountains of gore and scatological filth will be surprised at how much the film doesn't show. - Electric Sheep
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| Posted Aug 03, 2010
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