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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 ...
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ReviewsBetter Things
Dir: Duane Hopkins. 2008. UK. 93minsCoping as best they can, the perpetually glum inhabitants of a rural town in the South West of England feel emotionally isolated, verging towards distraught in Better Things. Permeated by dispassionate drug use depicted without a shred of glamour, writer-director Duane ...
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ReviewsFour Nights With Anna (Cztery Noce Z Anna)
Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski. France-Poland. 2008. 93mins.Veteran Polish auteur Jerzy Skolimowski crafts a delicate tragi-comic parable of love in his first film since 1991’s Ferdydurke. But though this story of a maladjusted misfit’s voyeuristic passion for a nurse has small moments of delight, this doesn’t stop it ...
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Sex And The City
Dir: Michael Patrick King. US. 2008. 140mins.Four years after the series finale of HBO's iconic Sex And The City, the eagerly-awaited film version arrives with much of the spirit and humour intact, a juicily melodramatic plotline and more over-the-top fashion than is decent for one movie. Fans of the series, ...
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