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(2009) |
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"An explosive performance by Johanna Wokalek gives some relief to an otherwise long and humdrum series of characters, blow-'em-ups and prison locations."
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(2009) |
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"Upscale talkfest, which delights in its witty banter and sly references, could be helmer's most commercial work in quite some time, especially if the pic is tightened by a good 10 minutes."
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(2009) |
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"Unfinished but certainly not unworthy; a diamond in the rough."
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(2009) |
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"Dare bests truth at each turn in Cherrybomb, a zippy if over-schematic teen pic from tyro helmers Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn."
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(2009) |
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"Wacky tale of a woman who killed virgins for their blood to keep her skin wrinkle-free might get some traction in Central Europe, where it is set, but won't make it past the Europudding label elsewhere."
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(2009) |
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"This small, contemporary Czech marvel showcases two bright talents and a sentiment not seen often enough on screen nowadays: sincerity."
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(2009) |
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"A bona fide documentary hit."
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(2009) |
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"The uncrowned king of post-war Italian politics, Giulio Andreotti, might be the subject of Paolo Sorrentino's nominal biopic Il Divo, but it is as an incisive portrait of Italian politics in general that it impresses."
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(2009) |
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"True story of a stretch of asphalt rolled out by formerly jobless road workers in northern France, under the command of an impostor, blends social critique, character drama and crime into one smooth, good-looking package."
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(2009) |
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"Jaw-droppingly handsome cast, laugh-out-loud moments aplenty and a finely sketched, more serious undertow should make this third feature by Gallic helmer Lisa Azuelos a big hit in Gaul."
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(2009) |
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"Peruvian realities and Llosa's light magical realism mesh to create a vivid picture of a society and its problems."
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(2009) |
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"Gives a relatively faithful idea of the novel's ingenious construction but only glimpses of its scathing portrait of Sweden as a corrupt, bankrupt and misogynistic society."
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(2009) |
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"Calling the Strobbe clan a working-class family would imply that some of its members worked (or had class), but none of the lowlife protags do in the visually robust and often hilarious Flemish tragicomedy The Misfortunates."
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(2009) |
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"Cynical, love-themed criss-crosser set in Budapest features plenty of jiggly vid footage but the improvised characters played by nonpro actors feel so arbitrary it's hard to care about any of them."
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(2009) |
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"The decidedly Nordic -- though not at all glacial -- O'Horten is a mixture of sweetness and deadpan that proves the Kaurismäki/Andersson school of filmmaking still has new delights in store."
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(2009) |
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"After two continent-wide trips and a plunge into the French capital's underworld, French director Cédric Klapisch stays close to home and well above the ground for Paris, his valentine to the City of Lights."
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(2009) |
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"Grimaldi, Moretti and their co-screenwriters have cunningly opened up the narrative cinematically."
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(2009) |
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"A meandering first half gives way to a spectacular psychological portrait of the deafening silence of pain and loneliness in Austrian writer-director Götz Spielmann's Revanche."
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(2009) |
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"Because Ozon doesn't develop his characters once Ricky shows his true nature, the movie's slightly overcooked working-class realism quickly morphs into a grotesque story of a mutant baby. The film's two halves feel almost mutually exclusive."
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(2009) |
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"[P]ulls out all the stops in a vicious attack on the senses that leaves no ugly truth about mankind unsaid -- nor unseen. It is a tribute to Palfi's talents that the film is also compulsively watchable."
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(2009) |
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"Klopka (The Trap) starts off as a fascinating post-Milosevic film noir but ends up somewhere in the land of day-time soap circa 1985."
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(2009) |
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"A bold, very carnal take on adolescent female bonding in a setting not often portrayed onscreen. Small but ambitious movie should be able to sing its way into fests and arthouses."
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(2009) |
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"Again a very successful look at the desperate mess of modern life."
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(2009) |
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"A sequel to the Spanish cult hit that offers an explanation for something that was far more effective when left largely unexplained."
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(2008) |
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"After 2005's Moartea domnului Lazarescu (The Death of Mr Lazarescu), another very high quality Romanian film explores the country's ills and the illnesses of its inhabitants."
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(2008) |
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"A surprisingly simplistic morality tale that offers few laughs and even less involving drama."
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(2008) |
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"The documentary Les animaux amoureux (Animals in Love) might seem cute on paper but lacks the rigour of recent documentary hits such as La marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins) and Earth."
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(2008) |
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"Pic is refreshingly honest in its warts-and-all portrayal of friendship, though its lack of narrative hooks and genuine comedic sparks will make this a hard sell anywhere."
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(2008) |
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"More of a cinematic curiosity than true blockbuster material, despite its scale."
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(2008) |
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"It would be hard to guess from the final result that Balthazar has never made a film before; Ben X takes full advantage of all that the medium has to offer."
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(2008) |
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"A winner. Puts its tale of a southern postal worker hoping for a transfer to the Côte d'Azur through the very effective reverse psychology wringer when he ends up in the dreaded north instead - but discovers he loves it."
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(2008) |
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"Three 30-somethings relive their gloriously lurid college days for one night only in Radu Muntean's Boogie, a restrained and honest look at the male midlife crisis in an embryonic state."
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(2008) |
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"As in Twin Sisters, a veneer of nostalgia, plus excellent lensing and acting, make the soap-opera plot play on the bigscreen."
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(2008) |
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"Big-name German cast is aces, but helmer Heinrich Breloer struggles to lift his big-budget sudser to the level of epic tragedy."
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(2008) |
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"Helmer Phil Hawkins and young thesps get the awkward first moments of infatuation just right, but the screenplay's limping second half may hamper theatrical prospects."
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(2008) |
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"Feels more like a cheap hypermarché knock-off with a fancily designed label than the real deal."
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(2008) |
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"Unflinching would be a gentle word to describe this portrayal of a doomed humanity, but the exact point of the film beyond its doomsday message is never really clear."
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(2008) |
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"A fair but far from brilliant Woody Allen effort."
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(2008) |
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"A gentle character sketch gradually makes way for a high-energy tale of loyalty and betrayal that is perhaps rife with clichés but works because Yildirim has established his characters properly."
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(2008) |
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"Languid, multi-accented adaptation of the contempo novel by Peter Cameron suffers from an unfocused screenplay and direction."
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(2008) |
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"Again an austere but acutely observed drama with a quasi-documentary style, Entre les murs (The Class) impresses with its veracious tone and nuanced characterisations."
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(2008) |
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"Leaves behind the raw power and direct impact tactics of Gegen die Wand (Head-on) for something more evocative and complex."
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(2008) |
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"A grungy ensemble piece that casts a fascinating spell despite its many shortcomings, Madonna's directorial debut Filth and Wisdom is equal parts naughty and nice (or filthy and wise, as the title would have it)."
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(2008) |
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"Contemplative and at times poetic, but strongest when caught up in the whirlwind of conflicting emotions of Binoche's character, an overworked puppeteer and a mother of a son she mostly leaves in the care of a Chinese nanny."
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(2008) |
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"A cute bedtime story that features spectacular photography and unaffected performances from both protagonists."
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(2008) |
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"With outstanding performances and a keen eye for detail, Fraulein continues to expand the cinematic exploration of the heritage of the Balkan Wars from a female point of view after Grbavica."
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(2008) |
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"A subtle portrait of loss and personal growth."
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(2008) |
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"Snappy timing, focused writing and pitch-perfect acting."
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(2008) |
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"The Neapolitan mafia, known as the Camorra, gets the Syriana treatment in Matteo Garrone's Gomorra (Gomorrah), one of the most incisive organised-crime films to emerge from any country since the 1970s."
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(2008) |
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"The lead actors are hot and the living is easy in the French summertime idyll Le fils de l'epicier (The Grocer's Son)."
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