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Review of Pyramid (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 24 Jun 2015

There are absolutely no surprises here, but in a tale of this type, that's not necessarily a flaw…

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Review of Bruno & Earlene Go to Vegas (2013)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 24 Jun 2015

This is a film about family, about community, and about all the people who can't take those things for granted…

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Review of Natural Resistance (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 24 Jun 2015

Intense bursts of information highlight the emptiness of some of the more poetic rhetoric in the mix…

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Review of Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 24 Jun 2015

Tom Yatsko's beautifully flexible cinematography, together with strong set design, helps to capture the transient character of the era, adding…

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Review of The Dark Crystal (1982)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 25 May 2015

The Skeksis, evil creatures seeking to solidify their power, retain their ability to frighten young children, and no amount of exposure to…

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Review of Sword of Vengeance (2015)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 25 May 2015

Despite all the action and the relatively short running time, we seem to spend large portions of the film waiting for something to happen…

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Review of The Human Experiment (2015)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 10 Apr 2015

A bit of judicious editing, cutting out the more dubious arguments in the film, would have made the remaining part look stronger…

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Review of The Girl Is in Trouble (2015)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 29 Mar 2015

It's a familiar plot, here played out on the streets of New York by a cast of rising stars with some impressive work already behind them…

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Review of Coming Home (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

As beautifully shot as all the director's work, the film has a hypnotic quality complemented by simple yet powerful music…

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Review of Maya the Bee Movie (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

Altogether the best exploration of Australian class conflicts through the medium of animated insects that you're likely to see this year…

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Review of Tender (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

This intimate documentary invites viewers to take a fresh look at the funeral business and perhaps think about their own arrangements, at the…

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Review of The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

A visually masterful film that very much retains its power today, The Fall Of The House Of Usher introduced many of the tropes of the horror genre…

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Review of Limited Partnership (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

This documentary brings an important personal dimension to the long struggle for equal marriage…

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Review of Memphis (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

Beal is an excellent choice of lead, managing to hold the viewer's attention without ever coming across as so charismatic or dynamic that we…

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Review of The Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

A visually masterful film that very much retains its power today, The Fall Of The House Of Usher introduced many of the tropes of the horror genre…

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Review of 52 Tuesdays (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

There are very few films out there about trans men (contributing to the misconception that they're rarer than trans women) and 52 Tuesdays…

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Review of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

An astonishing début that marks out Ana Lily Amirpour as an extraordinary directorial talent…

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Review of Appropriate Behavior (2015)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

A solid, grounded piece of work that approaches its subject with a maturity remarkable for a first feature from a young director…

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Review of Revenge of the Mekons (2013)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

A reminder that punk has, throughout its history, been as much a creative force as a destructive one…

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Review of Black Souls (2014)

By Jennie Kermode (588) for Eye for Film (1,537) on 23 Feb 2015

What Black Souls does very well is to recapture the essential primitivism of conflicts based upon honour, fear of insult and the desire for revenge…

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