Category: Reviews
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The Bad and the Beautiful Review
Some films garner enough praise (or controversy) to keep them famous for decades – Citizen…
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Into the Abyss Review
In his latest documentary Into the Abyss, prolific director Werner Herzog presents the stories of…
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AV Festival: Lung Neaw Visits His Neighbours
As the unobtrusive statement it takes as its title might suggest, Lung Neaw Visits His…
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Wild Bill (2011) – Review
Wild Bill is the new film and directorial debut from Dexter Fletcher. Fletcher has a…
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The Hunger Games – Review
The Hunger Games is set in the country of Panem where the countries of North…
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Throne of Blood Review
It’s almost impossible to watch Throne of Blood (Kumonosu-jô) without everything one knows of Macbeth…
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AV Festival: Silent Light
“Sometimes it’s worth it, sometimes not.” So wrote Nick James of “slow cinema”, in his…
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AV Festival: Las Acacias
On the one hand, Las Acacias sits comfortably into what we’ve been calling “slow cinema”…
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We Bought a Zoo Review
Cameron Crowe was probably my first favourite director. My burgeoning interest in cinema was nurtured…
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AV Festival: Honour of the Knights (Quixotic)
Not a great deal happens in Honor de cavallería, Albert Serra‘s 2006 adaptation of Miguel…