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Latest reviews – Page 353
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ReviewsOf Time And The City
Dir: Terence Davies.UK. 2008. 74mins.Over the decades many accomplished directors have created cinematic odes to cities dear to their hearts. Berlin (Walter Ruttmann, from the silent era); Paris (Je T’Aime, particularly Alexander Payne’s segment), and Rome (Fellini). But Liverpool’ You have to hand it to Terence ...
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ReviewsThe Silence Of Lorna (Le Silence De Lorna)
Dirs: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne. Belg-Fr-Italy. 105mins.
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ReviewsTokyo Sonata
Dir: Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Japan/Netherlands-Hong Kong. 119min..Taking a break from his regular diet of fantasy and horror, Japan’s Kiyoshi Kurosawa delivers here a fierce indictment of modern-day Japan. Kurosawa has often hinted, in earlier pictures, that he smells something rotten in his homeland, and this time he ...
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Voyage To The Pyranees (Le Voyage aux Pyrenees)
Dir/scr. Arnaud & Jean-Marie Larrieu.France. 2008. 102 mins.A marital farce about misunderstandings, the great blue yonder and (apparently supernatural) gender-swapping, Journey To The Pyrenees is brisk, witty and often daft. This love letter to the film-makers’ native region is a gift for its two leads, Sabine Azema and Jean-Pierre Darroussin, ...
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ReviewsJe Veux Voir (I Want To See)
Dirs: Joana Hadjithomas, Khalil Joreige. Lebanon-France. 2008. 75mins.
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Blind Loves (Slepe Lasky)
Dir: Juraj Lehotsky.Slovakia. 2008. 76mins.A film its actors will never see, Blind Loves traces four blind people in theSlovakRepublicand investigates, in a seamless meld of documentary and fiction, how they experience love. Touching and original, this first full-length outing from documentary and music-video director Juraj Lehotsky ...
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ReviewsIndiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dir: Steven Spielberg. US. 2008. 123mins.
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ReviewsBoogie
Dir: Radu Muntean.Romania. 2008. 103mins.InRomania, Radu Muntean’s third feature film will ultimately be seen as a carefully-studied, remarkably accurate image of the country’s thirtysomething generation right now. Elsewhere, however, Boogie looks like an old-fashioned throwback to those endless talky New Wave films. A far cry from ...
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ReviewsThe Chaser (Chugyeogja)
Dir: Na Hong-Jin.South Korea. 2008. 123mins.Already a major hit inKoreaand set for a remake with Warner Bros, this bloody, frenetic serial killer thriller should keep themidnightscreening crowd happy, especially inAsia. Na Hong-jin’s promising but over-long debut is reminiscent of Bong Joon-ho’s highly-regarded Memories Of Murder and ...
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ReviewsAdhen (Le Dernier Maquis)
Dir: Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche. France-Algeria. 2008. 93mins.Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche has addressed the schizoid nature of the clash of French and Algerian cultures before, most notably in the lovely Bled Number One, set in a small Algerian village. In Adhen, traditional religion comes up against contemporary capital in a ...
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ReviewsSalt Of This Sea (Milh Hadha Al-Bahr)
Dir/scr. Annemarie Jacir. France-Palestine-Switz-Belgium-USA-UK-Neth-Spain. 2008. 89mins.
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ReviewsIt's Hard Being Loved By Jerks (C'est Dur D'etre Aime Par Des Cons)
Dir. Daniel Leconte. 2008.France. 119 minsFreedom of speech and freedom of the press versus religious grievances are explored to edifying effect in It’s Hard Being Loved By Jerks. This lively, intelligently-structured documentary chronicles the suit brought by Muslim organisations against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo after ...