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Review of The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 22 May 2017

With The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected), filmmaker Noah Baumbach writes a new, richly warm variation on a favourite theme: the maddening…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 May 2017

Screenwriter Jeff Nathanson (Catch Me If You Can), taking over from series regulars Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, doesn’t make much sense…

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Review of Elián (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 May 2017

&t does effectively plunge the viewer back in those choppy seas for an object lesson in how politics can rapidly inflame a situation to dangerous…

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Review of Sleepless (2017)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 May 2017

Swiss director Baran bo Odar leans heavily on bone-crunching sound design and a percussive score which rumbles over the film like a pursuing…

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Review of Bobbi Jene (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 May 2017

A treatise on art, ambition, long-distance relationships and the struggles to find one’s own voice, the film unfolds with uncommon grace…

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Review of Brigsby Bear (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 May 2017

Gradually, the movie becomes a compassionate but constructive commentary on the danger of nostalgia — how it seduces us into sticking with…

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Review of War Machine (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 May 2017

This satire boasts plenty of ideas but is only occasionally compelling…

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Review of Okja (2017)

By Jonathan Romney (434) for Screen International (2,241) on 18 May 2017

Okja is fun, if sometimes over-egged, as an adventure romp, but flounders in overstatement when it comes to satirical intent…

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Review of Wonderstruck (2017)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 May 2017

As an innovative filmmaker who naturally chimes with the perspective of the outsider looking in, Haynes takes a semi-graphic novel which comes…

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Review of Snatched (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 09 May 2017

Often amusing but rarely shifting into a higher comedic gear, Snatched features fun chemistry between co-stars Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn,…

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Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 08 May 2017

Commercial considerations strangle the vitality from the movie, but Ritchie does his best to bring a bit of impish wit to the proceedings…

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Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 05 May 2017

It’s a long, flat, no-frills journey which struggles to engage despite its many bloody shocks…

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Review of The Wall (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 04 May 2017

An effective, albeit somewhat artificial, exercise in suspense, The Wall derives much of its propulsion from Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s grunting,…

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Review of Bāhubali: The Beginning (2015)

By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen International (2,241) on 30 Apr 2017

The broad brushstrokes storytelling and the director’s over-fondness for slow-motion sequences are among the film’s failings but this is…

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Review of A Gray State (2017)

By Anthony Kaufman (83) for Screen International (2,241) on 28 Apr 2017

Everyone loves a conspiracy—which is one of the reasons that A Gray State, a tantalising and fascinating real-life story, makes for compelling…

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Review of The Divine Order (2017)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 28 Apr 2017

A gentle, unassuming picture, it does have a satisfying, feelgood trajectory and empathetic central performance from Marie Leuenberger…

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Review of Whitney: Can I Be Me (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 28 Apr 2017

Whitney Can I Be Me delivers yet another tragic lesson in the toxic mix of fame and talent and children: it should be required viewing for…

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Review of How to Be a Latin Lover (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 27 Apr 2017

Starting off as a strained farce before segueing into a sappy family film, How To Be A Latin Lover has its likeable, goofy moments, although…

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Review of Abundant Acreage Available (2017)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 27 Apr 2017

No one says too much in this film’s underdeveloped dialogue, yet Ryan’s steely demeanor reflects the jumbled toughness and vulnerability…

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Review of Aardvark (2018)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 27 Apr 2017

Brian Shoaf does not break any new ground in Aardvark (besides featuring an actual aardvark in an independent film), yet his pairing of stalwart…

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