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Review of "71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance "  

by: Roger

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance  

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on: 29 Jun 2013

Review extract: typical eliptical storytelling by Haneke using 71 scenes ranging from a single short shot to an edited sequence with themes gradually emeging from the juxtaposition of elements

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Review of "Everybody Has A Plan"  

by: Roger

Everybody Has A Plan  

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on: 16 Jun 2013

Review extract: Really enjoyable

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Review of "Winstanley"  

by: Roger

Winstanley  

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on: 09 Jun 2013

Review extract: Interseting fragment of english history

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Review of "Time of the Wolf"  

by: Roger

Time of the Wolf  

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on: 02 Jun 2013

Review extract: When bad things happen to people like us how will we react

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Review of "Spirit of 45"  

by: Roger

Spirit of 45  

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on: 05 May 2013

Review extract: Wasn't the '45 Labour manifesto an amazing thing - and how have we lost sight of it ...

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Review of "Time Out"  

by: Roger

Time Out  

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on: 20 Apr 2013

Review extract: Excellent picture of the hollowness and sterility of business life until the cop-out end.

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Review of "Two Years at Sea"  

by: Roger

Two Years at Sea  

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on: 30 Mar 2013

Review extract: B&W documentary without any words or narrative. ...

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Review of "A Serious Man"  

by: Roger

A Serious Man  

on: 17 Mar 2013

Review extract: Portentous rubbish about small town american jewish life in the 1960s

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Review of "Berberian Sound Studio"  

by: Roger

Berberian Sound Studio  

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on: 10 Mar 2013

Review extract: (Nic Knowland as DoP) Rather lost its direction in last third

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Review of "Cloud Atlas"  

by: Roger

Cloud Atlas  

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on: 03 Mar 2013

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Review of "Holy Motors"  

by: Roger

Holy Motors  

on: 23 Feb 2013

Review extract: Only on briefly looking at the special feature interview with the director did it become clear that Leos Carax is an incoherent gibbon hiding behind dark glasses and a gallic stubble making gnomic remarks to a sycophantic interviewer and that there ...

Full review 62 words

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Review of "Even the Rain"  

by: Roger

Even the Rain  

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on: 02 Feb 2013

Review extract: Very good

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Review of "Jackpot"  

by: Roger

Jackpot  

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on: 18 Jan 2013

Review extract: Shades of Usual Suspects, Lock Stock…, Shallow Grave - comedy mixed in with the thriller. ...

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Review of "The Angels Share"  

by: Roger

The Angels Share  

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on: 12 Jan 2013

Review extract: Unlike Kes in this one there IS a happy ending

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Review of "Great Expectations"  

by: Roger

Great Expectations  

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on: 02 Jan 2013

Review extract: Miss Haversham (HB-C) not very good, seemed to be only one street in London, OK but not the best (1946) and anyway it is not a very good story.

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Review of "The Life of Pi (3D)"  

by: Roger

The Life of Pi (3D)  

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on: 28 Dec 2012

Review extract: Very good telling of the tale, technically superb and true to the amazing spirit of the story by Yann Martell

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Review of "Mirror"  

by: Roger

Mirror  

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on: 13 Dec 2012

Review extract: long and difficult

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Review of "Kes"  

by: Roger

Kes  

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on: 20 Nov 2012

Review extract: It has held up well

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Review of "Paprika"  

by: Roger

Paprika  

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on: 15 Oct 2012

Review extract: Psychedelic trippy fantasy shown here as part of a season of Philip K Dick related films quite rightly. ...

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Review of "Anna Karenina"  

by: Roger

Anna Karenina  

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on: 03 Oct 2012

Review extract: Very interesting style of film making - very good flowing between scenes and vignettes creating a uniquely filmic vision. ...

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Review of "Le Harve"  

by: Roger

Le Harve  

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on: 25 Sep 2012

Review extract: Fantasy realism - stylised and gritty, are we in the 50s or the noughties. ...

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Review of "The Salt of Life"  

by: Roger

The Salt of Life  

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on: 23 Sep 2012

Review extract: Billed as a comedy, but not in the laugh out loud sense. ...

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Review of "Headhunters"  

by: Roger

Headhunters  

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on: 11 Sep 2012

Review extract: Brilliant convoluted tale of Nordic darkness - OTT in the resilience to violence (rather like Essential Killing - is this a modern theme?)

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Review of "Essential Killing"  

by: Roger

Essential Killing  

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on: 26 Aug 2012

Review extract: gripping

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Review of "The Princess of Montpensier"  

by: Roger

The Princess of Montpensier  

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on: 05 Aug 2012

Review extract: Simply excellent, atmospheric and engaging, interesting characters and the story brilliantly told/observed. ...

Full review 35 words

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