MOVIE

Departures review – the turbulent journey of…

Like boarding a flight for somewhere promising, only to be met with an emergency landing, Departures never quite reaches the emotional depth…

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Diamanti review – a joyful meta-melodrama…

“Do you have any idea of what you will do with this vaginodrome?” A film director is surrounded by at least…

4 days ago

The Wizard of the Kremlin review – ludicrous and…

If an almost-three-hour is-it-spoof-is-it-not directed by a French auteur starring Jude Law as Vladimir Putin sounds a bit odd, just wait until…

1 week ago

The Stranger review – filmed like a laconic,…

A confession: I am really not a fan of the French filmmaker Franoçois Ozon. He seems like a lovely chap. Literate, passionate, with…

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Father Mother Sister Brother review – an astute,…

Clothing is central here – the fashion house Saint Laurent produces. At the front door, the three discover that they’re…

2 weeks ago

The Super Mario Galaxy Movie review – even worse…

Regrouting blackened bathroom tiles; filling out a commercial tax return; cleaning the mouldering leaves out of a clogged storm drain; grudgingly buying…

2 weeks ago

Fuze review – popcorn fair that fizzles out…

For those not intimately familiar with the topographical and historical minutiae of the UK, the relatively blasé way in which…

3 weeks ago

Pompei: Below the Clouds review – a stimulating…

The inner lives of buildings and institutions provide an intriguing and enlivening way of looking at the modern landscape, particularly…

3 weeks ago

They Will Kill You review – limb-lopping cartoon…

They Will Kill You opens with a happy family gathered around a dining table. Two young sisters stand out in the dark…

4 weeks ago

Fallen Star: In Praise of The Man Who Fell To…

From there, he goes into seclusion in the dry Southwestern landscapes that likely remind him most of home, inadvertently retreating…

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