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Review of Blow-Up (1966)

By Reece L (510) on 11 Sep 2015

A gorgeously cryptic film that leaves much of it's plot up to interpretation and conjecture…

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Review of Stray Dogs (2014)

By Reece L (510) on 09 Sep 2015

Well filmed, but the attempt to pause on the characters for long moments at a time just doesn't work…

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Review of Stray Dogs (2014)

By Reece L (510) on 09 Sep 2015

Well filmed, but the attempt to pause on the characters for long moments at a time just doesn't work…

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Review of Belle de Jour (1967)

By Reece L (510) on 04 Sep 2015

It's sleazy in the classiest way possible. Buñuel explores a woman's repressed fantasies with his signature, dream-like style…

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Review of Sebastiane (1976)

By Reece L (510) on 02 Sep 2015

Jarman's first feature is also his least accessible, a flagrant showcase for homosexuality conveyed through the death of famous gay icon St…

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Review of An Ideal Husband (1999)

By Reece L (510) on 02 Sep 2015

Although undeniably slight, An Ideal Husband succeeds on the strength of its cast (particularly Moore) and its witty script…

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Review of M (1931)

By Reece L (510) on 02 Sep 2015

Masterful in every respect, M provides a scathing indictment of mob mentality and the ultimate negligence of those who wish to proceed by way…

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Review of 3 Women (1977)

By Reece L (510) on 01 Sep 2015

They often say that dreams don't usually make for good source material in art, but in the case of 3 Women, it led to a movie that remains nigh…

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Review of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

By Reece L (510) on 28 Aug 2015

I found the original quite boring and this isn't much better…

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Review of Lion of the Desert (1981)

By Reece L (510) on 26 Aug 2015

One of the great war/biography movies of our time…

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Review of Cries and Whispers (1972)

By Reece L (510) on 24 Aug 2015

Cries and Whispers is an unbelievably draining look into the lives of three sisters, one of which is near death with cancer (to the point that…

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Review of The Remains of the Day (1993)

By Reece L (510) on 23 Aug 2015

The book is a tall order to film and it is mostly pulled off here but the ending lacks the punch of the novel which really is what makes this…

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Review of A Most Wanted Man (2014)

By Reece L (510) on 23 Aug 2015

Featuring a excellent performance from Philip Seymour Hoffman as a haggard, old-fashioned bureaucrat worn down by the failure associated with…

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Review of Fantastic Planet (1973)

By Reece L (510) on 21 Aug 2015

Fantastic Planet is fantastic…

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Review of The Third Man (1949)

By Reece L (510) on 19 Aug 2015

Artfully shot, expertly paced, and filled with compelling twists and turns, The Third Man is both a perfect encapsulation of its genre and…

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Review of Brewster McCloud (1971)

By Reece L (510) on 19 Aug 2015

Comedically, Brewster McCloud expertly straddles the line between absurdism and reality and nails a very specific tone comparable to that of…

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Review of Metropolitan (1935)

By Reece L (510) on 16 Aug 2015

Admittedly, Metropolitan is filled with relatively loathsome characters, but their overly-beleagered affectations eventually become endearing…

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Review of Metropolitan (1990)

By Reece L (510) on 16 Aug 2015

Admittedly, Metropolitan is filled with relatively loathsome characters, but their overly-beleagered affectations eventually become endearing…

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Review of Barry Lyndon (1975)

By Reece L (510) on 16 Aug 2015

A tempered, lengthy statement on the futility of existence and the extent of human folly set against the most absurdly ostentatious visual…

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Review of Day for Night (1973)

By Reece L (510) on 15 Aug 2015

Everyone is just a little crazy in front and behind the cameras for François Truffaut's Day for Night…

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