Reviews
Films Reviews (By Retrospect)
We Are Together
In a theatrical landscape increasingly sympathetic to the documentary, We Are Together is still something truly special.
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I’m Not There
That Haynes succeeds in capturing Bob Dylan's ever-changing essence is attributable to one of the neater cinematic tricks of recent memory
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Charlie Wilson’s War
Amongst the plethora of films about that strangest of beasts, American politics, this is the best
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Into The Wild
You hear the words ‘directed by Sean Penn’ and you don’t necessarily think hippie spiritualism, the poetry of Lord Byron, and the palliating power of nature
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Silent Light
Sublime. Many will find the pacing taxing, but that should be regarded as part of the pleasure
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The Band’s Visit
First time feature director Eran Kolirin has produced a very, very difficult film to dislike
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The Golden Door
The Golden Door is funny, moving and gorgeously photographed with a moral anger burning at its heart
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Funny Games
Funny Games is an attack on everything you think you know about cinema. It’s a brutal beating
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Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi comes straight out of the underground and socks it to the big boys
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Killer Of Sheep
Killer of Sheep’s compelling immediacy and gritty aesthetic owes much to Italian neo-realism
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Waltz With Bashir
Ten minutes in to Ari Folman’s Waltz With Bashir, it’s easy to see why this animated documentary was the talk of this year’s Cannes Film Festival
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