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Review of The Happiness of the Katakuris (2002)

By Oliver K (208) on 05 Aug 2007

If I hadn't seen Tampopo, I'd think this was the weirdest thing that never happened…

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Review of Broadway Danny Rose (1984)

By Oliver K (208) on 04 Aug 2007

My favourite Allen…

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Review of Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953)

By Oliver K (208) on 29 Jul 2007

It's Tati. Movies don't get any better…

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Review of Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

By Oliver K (208) on 24 Jul 2007

Pitch black masterpiece. By far my favourite Mackendrick film…

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Review of Cul-de-sac (1966)

By Oliver K (208) on 24 Jul 2007

Bizarre! The images have a strange effect on you that make them difficult to forget…

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Review of Knife in the Water (1962)

By Oliver K (208) on 24 Jul 2007

Very strange film. I can't say I particularly enjoyed it, but it was still pretty interesting…

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Review of What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)

By Oliver K (208) on 24 Jul 2007

Best... Woody Allen... ever. Because he's not really in it. Philistine cur! Saracen dog…

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Review of Drunken Angel (1948)

By Oliver K (208) on 21 Jul 2007

A doctor living by morass in Tokyo is trying to help a young ganster, who resembles him himselves when he was young…

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Review of Fail Safe (1964)

By Oliver K (208) on 07 Jul 2007

It's a little didactic at times, for example, Henry Fonda talking straight into the camera to explain exactly what's wrong with the world,…

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Review of Swing Girls (2004)

By Oliver K (208) on 04 Jul 2007

My favourite Japanese comedy. It's not hard to see why…

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Review of The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)

By Oliver K (208) on 04 Jul 2007

Dense layers of themes, trippy visuals and a bizarre performance from David Bowie makes this film one of the more interesting science fictions…

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Review of Cries and Whispers (1972)

By Oliver K (208) on 04 Jul 2007

I never have to see red in a film ever again…

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Review of In the Realm of the Senses (1976)

By Oliver K (208) on 04 Jul 2007

Nagisa Oshima's films are virtually unratable. This is perhaps the best of his I've seen however…

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Review of Play It Again, Sam (1972)

By Oliver K (208) on 03 Jul 2007

Herbert Ross directed this Woody Allen is brilliant in it. And my favourite movie star, Diane Keaton…

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Review of Crimson Gold (2003)

By Oliver K (208) on 02 Jul 2007

Maybe the best Persian film I've ever seen, and with no particular actors. none you had seen before. Brilliant story is somehow not-Iranian…

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Review of Tokyo Drifter (1966)

By Oliver K (208) on 30 Jun 2007

Mostly hilarious, with a completely unintelligible plot, wacky editing and (fantastically) terrible dialogue and theme song(s), made colourful…

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Review of The Giant Buddhas (2005)

By Oliver K (208) on 27 Jun 2007

Christian Frei manages again to create a documentary feature that is fascinating and interesting…

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Review of Early Summer (1951)

By Oliver K (208) on 26 Jun 2007

You'll need a concentration span, but if you bear with it, the rewards are abundant. Currently my favourite Ozu film…

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Review of Once Upon a Time in China II (1992)

By Oliver K (208) on 26 Jun 2007

Fantastic action film, although Tsui Hark is still a little clumbsy with directing drama, the groundbreaking fight scene more than make up for it…

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Review of Catch-22 (1970)

By Oliver K (208) on 20 Jun 2007

I was expecting to be let down by the huge amount of hype over this film, but damn, this is one fucking awesome film…

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