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Review of Blancanieves (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 26 Jun 2013

Berger's stunning, if slightly overlong, film captures just how effective silent-era storytelling can still be…

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Review of The Rocket (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 10 Jun 2013

Recalling the captivating essence of Niki Caro's Whale Rider (2002) in its telling of a life with fate and faith in its corner, this Australian/Laotian/Thai…

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Review of Side Effects (2013)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 09 Jun 2013

Performances are generally fine with the glaring exception of a laughably earnest Catherine Zeta Jones (channelling '90s Demi Moore) as Emily's…

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Review of The Bling Ring (2013)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 09 Jun 2013

Coppola observes the sticky-fingered waifs in their natural habitat (home, school, Paris Hilton's house) with her characteristic light touch…

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Review of Behind the Candelabra (2013)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 09 Jun 2013

Soderbergh exposes Liberace's subterfuge with knowing winks to the fact that if the performer were alive today, he'd be here, he'd be queer…

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Review of Only God Forgives (2013)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 09 Jun 2013

The story, such as it is, sits at the intersection of vice and virtue, and explores the consequences of terrible parenting…

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Review of The Great Gatsby (2013)

By Fiona Williams (67) for sbs.com.au (697) on 09 Jun 2013

Without Nick to articulate the decline, The Great Gatsby is reduced to little more than a love triangle between the remotely rich…

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Review of Broken (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 18 May 2013

It is a sad viewing experience, but never a pessimistic one…

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Review of BROKEN (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 18 May 2013

It is a sad viewing experience, but never a pessimistic one…

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Review of Broken (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 18 May 2013

It is a sad viewing experience, but never a pessimistic one…

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Review of Chasing Ice (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 24 Apr 2013

Less a didactic 'message-movie' than a study of one man's steely determination, the debut helmer directs with a sure hand and no-frills aesthetic…

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Review of Antiviral (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 16 Apr 2013

As a piss-take of society's shallow fascination with Kardashian-like nobodies, Antiviral is coolly effective, but there's little insight into…

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Review of Thale (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 04 Apr 2013

There is a great deal of humour in the story; the message that 'man is the real savage' is not fresh but it's well played by the director and…

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Review of Himmatwala (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 03 Apr 2013

As grotesque and garish a spectacle as I've seen in quite some time, this Hindi remake of a coarse and unremarkable hit comedy from 1983 is…

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Review of Himmatwala (1983)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 03 Apr 2013

As grotesque and garish a spectacle as I've seen in quite some time, this Hindi remake of a coarse and unremarkable hit comedy from 1983 is…

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Review of Blue Like Jazz (2012)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 03 Apr 2013

Blue Like Jazz certainly breaks the mould in terms what audiences have come to expect from spiritual cinema, but it refuses to take the necessary…

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Review of Crave (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 03 Apr 2013

Putting aside the nagging sensation that you may have seen this type of character study before, Crave proves to be an impressive career-maker…

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Review of Saving General Yang (2013)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 01 Apr 2013

Bloody tale of honour, revenge and sacrifice intermittently hits the target…

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Review of Trance (2013)

By Don Groves (134) for sbs.com.au (697) on 21 Mar 2013

Kinetic thriller about hypnosis is irritatingly befuddling, not mesmerising…

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Review of Mama (2013)

By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 15 Mar 2013

There are lots of shocks but no real surprises in Andres Muschietti's Mama, a grimy, unpleasant Canadian-Spanish co-production from the stable…

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