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We’re a long way from Phuket, Toto

'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives' If a passing stranger with too much time on his hands were to ask me to make a list of the ten most important film-makers at work in the world today, then...

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The American – A Review

George Clooney in 'The American' Films about assassins can generally go in one of two directions. They can either play up the inherent air of stylishness, mystery and glamour that we seem to associate...

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Films of 2010

    'Dogtooth' And so, without further ado, here’s my pick of the best films released in the UK in 2010: The Top 6 ½ Dogtooth / Kynodontas (Greece, Director: Giorgos Lanthimos) A pot-bellied Greek...

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Most popular posts of 2010

  … And if you’re still game for pointless lists, here are the 5 posts that proved most popular on this ‘blog with you, the readers, in 2010: 'Paranormal Activity' 1 Location, Location, One Location...

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Meek’s Cutoff – A Review

  The revisionist Western has been with us for so long now that it seems almost impossible to imagine any contemporary film-maker wanting to produce a piece of work on the old ‘good-guys-in-white-hats,...

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Films of 2011

Now I’ll be the first to admit that my film ‘blogging has become a little bit… well, shall we say ‘sluggish’ this past year. Travelling, film-making and working in an office have all played their part...

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The Artist – a review

There may well be a more charming and entertaining film to start the new year with than Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist, but right now it’s difficult to think of one offhand. Since premièring at...

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Emotional Machines: the films of Bruno Dumont

'Hadewijch' There’s a nice moment in Bruno Dumont’s hypnotic 2003 road movie Twentynine Palms when two weary travellers, an American photographer and his Russian girlfriend, are slobbing out in a...

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This Is Not A Review

'This Is Not A Film' Necessity is the mother of invention: nowhere, in the world of cinema, has this been demonstrated more strikingly and more often than in Iran. Hemmed in by political censorship on...

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Unweaving The Rainbow

  'The Kid with a Bike' Warning: like a car built in the 1980s, the article below may contain spoilers. The latest film from the Dardenne brothers, The Kid with a Bike (Le Gamin Au Vélo), was out in UK...

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