All Special Screening articles – Page 5
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ReviewsDon’t Look Back (Ne Te Retourne Pas)
Dir: Marina de Van. France/Lux/Belgium. 2009. 110 mins.
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ReviewsAshes And Blood (Cendres Et Sang)
Dir/scr. Fanny Ardant. France, Portugal, Romania, 2009. 105 min
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ReviewsA Town Called Panic (Panique Au Village)
Directors Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar. Belgium. 2009. 75 mins
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ReviewsA Brand New Life (Une Vie Toute Neuve)
Dir/scr Ounie Lecomte. France-S. Korea. 2009. 92 mins.
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ReviewsChelsea On The Rocks
Dir. Abel Ferrara. US. 2008. 88minsThe Chelsea hotel in New York has a global reputation as the place where artists go to enhance their notoriety. Dylan Thomas slid into alcoholic oblivion from a room at the Chelsea. Sid Vicious’s girlfriend Nany Spungen died there and its ...
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ReviewsSanguepazzo
Dir: Marco Tullio Giordana. Italy-France. 2008. 148mins .A grandly-mounted but turgid prestige piece, Wild Blood attempts to give tragic heft to the lives of two of Italian cinema’s more disreputable figures. Writer-director Marco Tullio Giordana won considerable kudos in 2003 with The Best Of Youth, but ...
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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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ReviewsIndiana Jones And The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Dir: Steven Spielberg. US. 2008. 123mins.
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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 ...