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Review of Song of Granite (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 29 Mar 2017

Layering the life of Irish folk singer Joe Heaney through a flickering lens and leaning on the natural, unadorned voice of the sean nos [old…

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Review of Ghost in the Shell (2017)

By Lisa Nesselson (145) for Screen International (2,241) on 27 Mar 2017

Even though there’s an enormous amount to look at and digest, little of this film is truly memorable or thought-provoking…

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Review of David Lynch: The Art Life (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Mar 2017

Jon Nguyen’s carefully-calibrated ode to Lynch is in itself Lynchian, an essential picture for the director’s legion of fans…

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Review of The Void (2016)

By Kim Newman (791) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Mar 2017

It is, however, creepy, suspenseful and nerve-wracking - and marks Gillespie and Kostanski as genre auteurs in the making…

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Review of Life (2017)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 23 Mar 2017

While the bracingly bleak climax will come as a surprise to pretty much nobody, it still comes with an efficiently grisly pay off…

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Review of CHiPs (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 23 Mar 2017

A grab bag of vulgarities, sex jokes, slapstick, nudity and chase scenes, the action-comedy CHIPS holds together better than expected, thanks…

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Review of The Zookeeper's Wife (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 20 Mar 2017

This considered, muted drama can’t escape a fussy tastefulness — not to mention inevitable comparisons to more crackling treatments of…

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Review of Power Rangers (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 20 Mar 2017

A teen group therapy session disguised as a superhero movie, Power Rangers is numbingly predictable and cynically made, recycling myriad blockbuster…

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Review of A Woman, a Part (2017)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 19 Mar 2017

The quality of the performances goes some way towards mitigating the navel-gazing tendencies of the dialogue…

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Review of The Wound (2017)

By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Screen International (2,241) on 19 Mar 2017

The initial promise of a South African Brokeback Mountain broadens into a measured consideration of class, race, self-loathing and self-assertion…

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Review of I Am Another You (2017)

By Nikki Baughan (240) for Screen International (2,241) on 17 Mar 2017

Warped visuals and layered dialogue give a sense of Dylan’s psychological battleground, while the use of reflective surfaces underscores…

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Review of Betting on Zero (2016)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 16 Mar 2017

Even if it tells the age-old story of the filthy rich getting richer and the poor going nowhere, Betting on Zero is still rather shocking…

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Review of The Devil's Candy (2016)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 16 Mar 2017

The Devil’s Candy is a masterful slow burn, the horror and violence alluded to rather than seen…

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Review of Most Beautiful Island (2017)

By Wendy Ide (1,500) for Screen International (2,241) on 16 Mar 2017

The pivotal scenes may be fictionalised, but the prickling, precarious threat is clammily authentic and inspired by the experiences of the…

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Review of Tickling Giants (2017)

By David D'arcy (130) for Screen International (2,241) on 15 Mar 2017

Tickling Giants shows how a window of freedom and hope can unleash surges of creativity, like the improbable overnight success of a surgeon satirist…

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Review of Super Dark Times (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 15 Mar 2017

Phillips’ collaborators work in harmony with the natural, nuanced acting; credits across the board are stylish and smooth, with lensing a…

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Review of Song to Song (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 13 Mar 2017

Best appreciated as a sensory experience whose deeper meanings aren’t nearly as profound as the filmmaker and cast believe, Song To Song…

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Review of The Belko Experiment (2017)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for Screen International (2,241) on 13 Mar 2017

The film’s down-and-dirty nastiness does have its merits, but the bloodshed isn’t nearly as interesting when the characters are as exciting…

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Review of The Boss Baby (2017)

By John Hazelton (142) for Screen International (2,241) on 12 Mar 2017

Hyperactive, oddly premised and never quite as endearing as it should be, The Boss Baby is an animated family comedy that seems to have all…

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Review of School Life (2017)

By Fionnuala Halligan (367) for Screen International (2,241) on 09 Mar 2017

Childhood is a mystery we endlessly come back to and a place the Leydens have never fully left; Ní Chianáin gives the viewer an intimate…

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