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Review of Lantana (2001)

By Donovan D (139) on 16 Sep 2007

Another funereally slow Australian film that barely pays off for it, Lantana was hailed by many as the best Australian film yet made but for…

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Review of 2:37 (2006)

By Donovan D (139) on 16 Sep 2007

Was I impressed by Murali K. Thalluri's direction as a young filmmaker? Yes. Was I impressed with the film as a film in itself? Not overly…

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Review of Amar Akbar Anthony (1977)

By Donovan D (139) on 13 Sep 2007

Painfully bad slapstick comedy that sees Amitabh Bachchan reduced to one of the silliest performances of his career. Avoid…

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Review of Jail Bait (1954)

By Donovan D (139) on 12 Sep 2007

A below average crime film by the Z-Grade auteur Ed Wood, Jail Bait is a crime film that is as lacking in quality as the rest of his films,…

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Review of Vegas Vacation (1997)

By Donovan D (139) on 12 Sep 2007

Bad, even by Vacation and Chevy Chase's standards. Marginally entertaining, but you'd be better of watching just about anything else…

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Review of Time Runner (1993)

By Donovan D (139) on 10 Sep 2007

This was quite a bad film that never really tried for greatness and has very little going for it. Even as a work of B-Grade sci-fi…

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Review of Jules and Jim (1962)

By Donovan D (139) on 09 Sep 2007

Rather pompously I preferred henri pierre roche's novel of this but still the film is beautiful…

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Review of The Fallen Idol (1948)

By Donovan D (139) on 09 Sep 2007

A strong and powerful coming-of-age story that is directed picture-perfect by Carol Reed, the Third Man director…

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Review of Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One (1968)

By Donovan D (139) on 09 Sep 2007

A novel experimental film that plays with the idea of real vs. reel…

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Review of Day for Night (1973)

By Donovan D (139) on 08 Sep 2007

A film about people in love with cinema made by a man for whom cinema meant more than even life itself, Day for Night is a delightful look…

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Review of Mouchette (1967)

By Donovan D (139) on 30 Aug 2007

While Bresson has a tendency to make films that border on (or even cross the border into) egotistical pretentiousness, Mouchette is a film…

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Review of Cries and Whispers (1972)

By Donovan D (139) on 30 Aug 2007

One of Bergman's most depressing and moving works in a career filled with depressing and moving works…

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Review of Un Chien Andalou (1929)

By Donovan D (139) on 30 Aug 2007

I'm not gonna try and talk about this. Just see it. Now…

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Review of Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)

By Donovan D (139) on 30 Aug 2007

Probably Maya Deren's most well known work, Meshes is one of those poetic, surreal films that came out of the early American Avant-garde and…

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Review of Pickpocket (1959)

By Donovan D (139) on 29 Aug 2007

Not quite as relentlessly boring as Au Hasard Balthazar, Bresson's loose adaptation of Crime and Punishment is still nonetheless marred by…

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Review of The Toxic Avenger (1984)

By Donovan D (139) on 29 Aug 2007

Hilarious! Disgusting! Violent! Every scene is a classic. A must see…

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Review of Au Hasard Balthazar (1966)

By Donovan D (139) on 28 Aug 2007

Boring and overrated, this is Bresson's selfish cinema at its most extreme…

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Review of Au Revoir les Enfants (1987)

By Donovan D (139) on 28 Aug 2007

Malle's 400 Blows, and the greatest film in an ouevre filled with high achievers…

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Review of Dingo (1991)

By Donovan D (139) on 20 Aug 2007

Finally was released on DVD. Best Jazz-movie ever, pity Miles Davis died before screen launch…

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