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Review of Big Game (2014)

By Elias Savada (386) for Film International (130) on 09 Jul 2015

There's an specious, death-defying maniacal glee afoot in this outlandish outdoors thriller…

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Review of The Wolfpack (2015)

By Elias Savada (386) for Film International (130) on 09 Jul 2015

Crystal Moselle's unsettling debut documentary feature…

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Review of Slow West (2015)

By Elias Savada (386) for Film International (130) on 09 Jul 2015

Slow West ambles to its inevitable bloody conclusion, a beautifully orchestrated ballet cast with heroes, fools, unwelcomed guests, and lovers,…

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Review of Strangerland (2015)

By Elias Savada (386) for Film International (130) on 09 Jul 2015

Unlike The Lord of the Rings films shot in nearby New Zealand, there are no wizards in Strangerland, but there is plenty of demonstrative pain…

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Review of What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 28 Feb 2015

Like the mock-doc tone, the vampire parody feels worn out, though the production shows its affection for the tradition and insight about the…

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Review of Queen & Country (2015)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 28 Feb 2015

Boorman returns to the classical style of the movies he enjoyed at a young age, again showing his flexibility and commitment to finding a story's…

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Review of The Cult of JT LeRoy (2014)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 22 Dec 2014

The story of JT LeRoy, a wunderkind writer who proved to be a hoax persona fashioned by Laura Albert, capitalized on [America's] need to weep…

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Review of Nightcrawler (2014)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 21 Nov 2014

[F]eaturing one who lurks at night to gather crime footage for broadcast, the film parodies the obsession (with taking images) and notes it…

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Review of Red River (1948)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 19 Sep 2014

Wayne is an offbeat presence in River…

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Review of The Life & Crimes of Doris Payne (2013)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 18 Jun 2014

Beginning as a rather conventional documentary ... [the film] soon finds a matter-of-fact style that nicely reflects its subject…

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Review of The Double (2014)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 18 Jun 2014

An oddity, for sure: with established performers in a neophyte work, it's odd for all the wrong reasons…

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Review of Throne of Blood (1957)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 09 Apr 2014

Kurosawa grounds this downward spiral through the presence of Toshiro Mifune, who personalizes the Macbeth role while making it greater than…

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Review of The Hatchet Man (1932)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 06 Feb 2014

A variation of the hitman role to serve the studio's taste for gangsters…

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Review of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 30 Jan 2014

(Robinson's Dr. Ehrlich) accumulates knowledge much like an investigator, for him an oppositional role he'd later take for Wilder in Double Indemnity…

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Review of Seconds (1966)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 02 Dec 2013

[C]hange comes only before the cradle and after the grave ... consumerism processes identity until it's oversold…

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Review of One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 01 Sep 2013

(Spurlock) has occupied both sides of manufacturing, first as the engine of expose, and now as a wide-eyed, willing participant…

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Review of Hannah Arendt (2012)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 06 Jul 2013

Arendt is so measured and elegant that the filmmaking seems effortless…

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Review of Rewind This! (2013)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 15 Jun 2013

Like any pop cultural tradition, the videotape has its diehards, who are the diverting guests in Josh Johnson's new documentary…

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Review of Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2012)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 08 Jun 2013

Offers us a peek into a fervent force of creativity - as with many great artists, it's one of which we have limited understanding though all…

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Review of The Iceman (2012)

By Matthew Sorrento (173) for Film International (130) on 19 May 2013

[Shannon] almost convinces us that the Iceman's humanity was real…

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