White Night Wedding
The bizarre society of the tiny island Flatey is made vivid, and it is clear Korm
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The Exploding Girl
The Exploding Girl works a character piece that explores a brief period in the life of a young woman. That it seems determined to keep things as simple as possible – both in story, as well as technique – should be applauded, and the restraint shown in editing and production rewarded.
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Flame & Citron
Although it waivers in its midsection, Flame & Citron achieves its aim of alerting the world to the remarkable work of the Danish resistance during German occupation in the second World War. An entertaining and enjoyable film, it can be comfortably recommended.
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Yuri’s Day
Rappoport does a fine job of her rather thankless role, given she is allowed barely an ounce of natural appeal and her character arc goes from obnoxious to insane. She rarely waivers, hitting each mark for her director, and given this is a character study and the focus must remain on her from beginning to end, she really does perform well.
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Katalin Varga
Why anyone would think filming a scene of vigorous dancing lit only by firelight with a camera seemingly held by another dancer is a good idea is unfathomable, and to let that scene last as long as it does borders on criminal abuse of the vestibular systems of the audience.
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Van Diemen’s Land
It turns out that a bunch of people endlessly walking through the bush can be rather boring. There are some expertly handled murder scenes, and there’s a nice sense of dread hanging over proceedings, but there isn’t enough of a narrative to sustain a feature.
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Skirt Day
The script and direction mean that the characters are storming about yelling this and that with very little build up. Sonia cracks less than ten minutes into the film and whilst I wanted to knock some sense into her students myself, it was a little too soon to see her go over the edge.
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Cedar Boys
Although it does offer some insight into the racism experienced by these members of our society, this element is actually rather subtle, with Cedar Boys most content when lingering on Tarek and the difficult choices he faces.
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Disgrace
Disgrace is a really hard film to like. It’s a case of horrible events being experienced by both the likeable and unlikeable characters, and the film left me with the sense that we humans have few redeeming qualities.
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Is Anybody There?
The film only fails when it comes to Edward’s parents. Their relationship is on the rocks from the get-go, however the film eventually lays the blame on just one of them, which is a little simplistic, veering towards the offensive.
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