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Sambizanga
(1973)
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Sarah Manvel
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As with the observational style of filmmaking that burst onto the scene with Easy Rider and others in the west, Sambizanga believes that paying attention is a radical act.
Posted Oct 31, 2021
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The Cheaters
(1930)
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Sarah Manvel
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A story of revenge, fashion and poetic justice, thin by modern standards, but interesting enough to hold the attention.
Posted Oct 29, 2020
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Chess of the Wind
(1976)
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Sarah Manvel
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A grand guignol of ... shattered glass, double-crosses, piled-up corpses and sexual betrayal.
Posted Oct 29, 2020
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The Juniper Tree
(1990)
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Sarah Manvel
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While Björk obsessives are the most obvious audience... it's an enjoyable watch for anyone who wants to see a movie that is greater than the sum of its parts.
Posted Oct 01, 2019
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Hunger
(2008)
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Sarah Manvel
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It pretends to have an objective point of view, but only grants one group of characters the dignity of individuality.
Posted Feb 10, 2019
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Killer of Sheep
(1978)
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Sarah Manvel
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Killer of Sheep finds the beauty in the relentless ordinariness, making this a remarkable film.
Posted Aug 07, 2018
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The Wackness
(2008)
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Sarah Manvel
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Fortunately Peck's diamond acting pulls the film above its murky setting. It takes some courage to be this vulnerable on screen, and Peck is uncommonly good at it.
Posted Aug 07, 2018
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The Class
(2008)
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Sarah Manvel
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[Cantet] reminds all of us that kids are just kids, and every last one of them deserves a fair chance... The Class and its critical reception, proves the playing field certainly is changing.
Posted Aug 07, 2018
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Hunger
(2010)
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Sarah Manvel
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I am so angry about Hunger. It wants to provoke political debate without providing a context for the political situation it depicts.
Posted Aug 07, 2018
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Synecdoche, New York
(2008)
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Sarah Manvel
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The film very carefully sets up several interesting ideas, but then drops them as too many conflicting ideas become impossible to juggle.
Posted Aug 07, 2018
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Black Swan
(2010)
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Sarah Manvel
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It's trash -- a statement not to be made lightly.
Posted Aug 06, 2018
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Brighton Rock
(2010)
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Sarah Manvel
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If director Rowan Joffe had seized the moment and update the story to the present, it would have been so much more interesting.
Posted Aug 06, 2018
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Unknown
(2011)
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Sarah Manvel
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It's hard to know if the problem lies with the script... or in the editing by Tim Alverson.
Posted Aug 06, 2018
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Broken Lines
(2008)
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Sarah Manvel
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Broken Lines is a marvellous showcase for Bettany, a useful calling card for Rosa and Fredenburgh, and something for the rest of us to chalk up to experience.
Posted Aug 06, 2018
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Knuckle
(2011)
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Sarah Manvel
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Knuckle doesn't get as near to the heart of Traveller culture as it had the opportunity to. It's a golden opportunity, squandered.
Posted Aug 06, 2018
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Carnage
(2011)
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Sarah Manvel
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Carnage is,... worth seeing for Jodie Foster's first major performance in years. As a woman utterly convinced of her own superiority and righteousness, Foster gives us a very welcome reminder of her talent and her fearlessness.
Posted Aug 06, 2018
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C.R.A.Z.Y.
(2005)
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Boyd van Hoeij
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If Brokeback Mountain was the bleak gay drama of 2005 that all audiences could enjoy, then another 2005 feature, the equally heterosexually enjoyable C.R.A.Z.Y., puts the colour back in the adjective 'gay'.
Posted Jul 18, 2007
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Sherrybaby
(2006)
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Boyd van Hoeij
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SherryBaby is more often concerned with getting everything right the American indie way rather than trying to probe its characters and situations for emotional truths.
Posted Jul 19, 2006
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The Art of Flight
(2011)
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Boyd van Hoeij
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The image quality sometimes is misty at best but the pay-off of these stories lies in the fact that they would otherwise have probably remained untold.
Posted Jun 27, 2006
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