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Review of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

It impresses less for its originality than for its bold execution…

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Review of Two Days, One Night (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

This is a defiantly political film about solidarity, loyalty to workmates and presenting a common front when jobs are threatened…

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Review of 45 Years (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

45 Years is an understated, restrained film but its impact is unnerving and haunting…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

Like Electro plugging himself into any available energy source, the effect is momentarily impressive. Sparks fly. The air crackles…

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Review of The Face of an Angel (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

A sprawling, often provocative exploration of the ethics and competing interests involved in the coverage of a case like Elizabeth's murder…

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Review of Dark Horse (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

Exciting though the races are, the film is most powerful as a tribute to Dream's many owners and to the community spirit -- dare I say solidarity…

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Review of X+Y (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

Given [that the film] is concerned with the rigid certainties of algebraic formulation, its winning formula -- mixing charm, low-key humour,…

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Review of The Look of Silence (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

This is documentary film-making of the highest order -- urgent, necessary and deeply compassionate viewing…

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Review of Iris (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

You sense Maysles recognises a kindred spirit in Iris' undimmed curiosity about the world, and her restless creative drive…

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Review of Selma (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

The result is a compellingly flesh-and-blood depiction of King; an absorbingly sophisticated account of his brand of non-violent activism…

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Review of The Tribe (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

While The Tribe often makes for troubling, confrontational viewing, it is ferociously engaging…

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Review of A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

Yes, there's humour here, lugubrious and jet black, but it is allied to a vision of human nature as unrelenting bleakness…

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Review of Everest (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

The stunning location photography stays with you much longer than the script's shortcomings. The mountain, as ever, has the last word…

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Review of Iris (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 12 Dec 2015

You sense Maysles recognises a kindred spirit in Iris' undimmed curiosity about the world, and her restless creative drive…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 11 Dec 2015

The results play like a parable about greed and its distorting impact; but, directed with sombre assurance by Bennett Miller, they grip like…

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Review of By the Sea (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 11 Dec 2015

Is By the Sea a bad film? Sometimes…

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Review of Dear White People (2014)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 11 Dec 2015

It's witty, boisterous and immensely likeable, but don't mistake its considerable charm and slick elegance for superficiality…

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Review of Beasts of No Nation (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 11 Dec 2015

This is a film about power, and its merciless abuse by men like the Commandant, told with muscular authority and fearless artistry…

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Review of Sunset Song (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 11 Dec 2015

As the title might suggest, it's shot through with a melancholy lyricism and evanescent twilight splendour…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Edward Lawrenson (138) for The Big Issue (129) on 11 Dec 2015

It satisfies with the nourishing warmth of a cup of sweet, milky tea Eilis may find herself longing for in New York, a comforting taste of…

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