Genre Drama
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
One star for the Worst Scenes, five stars for the True Scenes.
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Carnage
The new comedy from Roman Polanski is a hilarious and biting scale model masterpiece.
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Rampart
David Brown, or Date-rape Dave as he’s known in the Rampart division of the force for his as-yet-unproven killing of a serial date-rapist, is Woody Harrelson’s most complex role yet.
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W.E.
Madonna’s second foray into film directing naturally raises more scrutiny than is focused on her new film itself.
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Snowtown
This is totally fearless and unrelenting film-making that will live with you for days after watching. The fact that it is a true story just makes it all the more startling.
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Oslo, August 31st
It is art, sometimes difficult art, that can make us re-examine the world we live in, make us feel deeper than we have before and move us in profound ways.
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Asshole
A review isn’t really necessary for Asshole, a new film (as I believe it’s be labelled) by Kaushik Mukherjee. A description will probably do the job.
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Hara Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Takashi Miike’s latest outing is a long, drawn out expedition into the proud world of ritual suicides and the life of destitute, unnecessary samurai in a time of peace.
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360
360 is a film made by a humanist with a nearly unparalleled and courageous talent.
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Attack the Block
Attack The Block is right on trend in British cinema now, with Cornish as the new style king lapping up the movie-world adulation.
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