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Charming and engrossing
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Alcarràs
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on: 20 Apr 2024
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A charming picture of the tensions of extended family life against a background of external threat in a gorgeous setting.
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Damaged people in rural setting
by: rogerco
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The Quiet Girl
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on: 13 Apr 2024
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A slow and slightly intense movie about a withdrawn child finding her place in the world. ...
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Brilliant Beautiful and a bit Tragic
by: Roger CO
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The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao
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on: 16 Mar 2024
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A wonderfully crafted film and a good story set mostly in 1950's Rio with episodes from the parallel lives of two close sisters intertwined. ...
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Slow and unsatisfying
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Perfect Days
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on: 09 Mar 2024
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Slow paced, minimal dialogue, at first intriguing as we discover his fixed daily life, but ultimately we learn nothing - why is he living this happy life, what ws his past that brought him to these sunlit uplands. ...
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Better than the previous version
by: rogerco
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Red Dragon
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on: 15 Feb 2024
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Much better made than Manhunter and the prelude with Agent Graham capturing Hannibal provides a nice lead-in. ...
Full review 95 words
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Long Languid Courtroom Drama
by: rogerco
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Saint Omer
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on: 27 Jan 2024
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Long(ish) and languid with a lot left unsaid in terms of the resonances between Lawrences life and Rama's.
Ultimately unsatisfying
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Weird
by: rogerco
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EO
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on: 20 Jan 2024
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A different way of telling a story with an animal as the lead character
Full review 147 words
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She was lucky, society was sick
by: rogerco
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Happening
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on: 14 Jan 2024
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Convincing slice of life for a female student in early 60's France (outside Paris). ...
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A small gem
by: rogerco
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Oncle Yanco
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on: 06 Jan 2024
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Another gem from Agnes, and a glimpse of an unusual corner of 1967 San Fransisco
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Good but not satisfying
by: rogerco
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Close
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on: 06 Jan 2024
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Good, but not as good as the commercial reviews make out. ...
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A bit American, but some fun
by: Roger CO
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Leo
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on: 01 Jan 2024
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Watched with Cerys and Rowan on a wet new years day
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Review of "Gone Girl"
by: rogerco
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Gone Girl
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on: 30 Dec 2023
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Nice little mystery-pscho-thriller that evolves from a love story
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Encountering Consequences of Authoritarianism
by: rogerco
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1976
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on: 16 Dec 2023
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Excellent companion piece to "No" which covered the end of the Pinnochet years.
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Boring squabbles of the Leisured Class between the wars
by: rogerco
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Benediction
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on: 09 Dec 2023
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Really not very good overall. ...
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Languid with Violence
by: rogerco
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Once Upon a Time in America
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on: 02 Dec 2023
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Slow, but not boringly wrong (seen over 2 nights)
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Good Psycho Sci-Fi
by: rogerco
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Sputnik
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on: 26 Nov 2023
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Somewhat derivative (Alien) but very competently done
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Rude Boy makes a Mess
by: rogerco
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Rude Boy
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on: 18 Nov 2023
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Part artificial drama, part documentary, part archive - a bit of a mess
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A simple story with scenery
by: rogerco
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Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom
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on: 12 Nov 2023
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A seemingly simple story with some hidden depth and amazing scenery. ...
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An Unstirred Mixture
by: rogerco
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The Staurt Hall Project
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on: 04 Nov 2023
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The archive footage used to illustrate was fascinating but the film didn't really give a clear exposition of what its subject was about - unless it is true that he was just a confused intellectual thinker. ...
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A tight little thriller
by: rogerco
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Emily the Criminal
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on: 21 Oct 2023
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Yawn
by: Roger CO
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Manhunter
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on: 07 Oct 2023
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Ridiculous over dramatic and not really thrilling
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Rating "The Old Oak"
by: Roger CO
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The Old Oak
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on: 06 Oct 2023
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Rating "The Great SIlence"
by: Roger CO
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The Great SIlence
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on: 30 Sep 2023
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Rating "Lady Vengance"
by: Roger CO
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Lady Vengance
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on: 28 Sep 2023
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Another Arty-slow film from Pálmason
by: rogerco
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Godland
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on: 07 Sep 2023
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Slightly overlong, but good to watch
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