Film Reviews
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Stranger by the Lake (Alain Guiraudie)
Male sexuality and nature are bedfellows in this explicit erotic thriller that lacks the necessary character psychology to match the haunting qualities of its lakeshore imagery.
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Blue Ruin (Jeremy Saulnier)
A revenge thriller that is everything an independent film is supposed to be.
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Godzilla (Gareth Edwards)
Gareth Edwards' debut film Monsters was a stunning take on the giant monster film, garnering praise from even the staunchest critics of the genre. But does his take on the King Of The Monsters hold up to the same scrutiny?
"Skreeeeeoooooonk!" - Godzilla, 2014... -
The Congress (Ari Folman)
Ambitious to a fault, this hybrid film utilizes live-action and animation in a dystopian sci-fi meta-melodrama to both condemn and celebrate the movie industry.
Grant Phipps separates himself from... -
Visitors (Godfrey Reggio)
Reggio's latest visual odyssey is a deprogramming experience designed to heighten human perception.
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Under the Skin (Jonathan Glazer)
Ten years after stoking controversy with Birth, in which Nicole Kidman fell in love with a young boy, Jonathan Glazer is back, now encouraging Scarlett Johansson to pick up the men of Glasgow in a transit van. Clearly the man loves a challenge.
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Computer Chess (Andrew Bujalski)
Andrew Bujalski's latest is a comically cerebral but increasingly visionary venture into the tenuous relationship between reality/surreality and technology/humanity in the early 1980s.
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson)
Here's my review - it's a Wes Anderson movie, take it or leave it.
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12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen)
After Hunger and Shame, high expectations surrounded Steve McQueen's next film, and he really delivered.
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The Counselor (Ridley Scott)
With it's high quality cast The Counselor promises to be something very special, but does it deliver?
Natália Costa reviews...
