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VILLAGE AT THE END OF THE WORLD (Sarah Gavron and David Katznelson, 2012)

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  Starring: The villagers of Niaqornat You may like this if you like: The Peddler (Eduardo de la Serna et al, 2010), Beasts of the Southern Wild (Benh Zeitlin, 2012), Trashed (Candida Brady, 2012) Shot over the course of a … Continue reading

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MICHAEL H – PROFESSION: DIRECTOR (Yves Montmayeur, 2013)

  Starring: Michael Haneke, Juliette Binoche, Isabelle Huppert You may like this if you liked: The films of Micheal Haneke basically An insightful documentary on Austrian auteur Micheal Haneke, showing interviews with the man himself, and showing behind the scenes … Continue reading

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POPULAIRE (Régis Reynard, 2012)

  Starring: Romain Duris, Déborah François, Bérénice Bejo You may like this if you liked: Untouchable (Olivier Nakachi and Eric Toledano, 2011), The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011), Potiche (François Ozon, 2010) France 1958, Rose Pamphyle (François) decides to leave her … Continue reading

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HALF TERM REPORT: MY PERSONAL TOP 10 FILMS OF 2013 SO FAR

To qualify, films have to be released theatrically in the UK in 2013. This unfortunately means I cannot include Life of Pi or The Hobbit, but rules are rules. Full reviews of all films mentioned can be found on this … Continue reading

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A HIJACKING (Tobias Lindholm, 2012)

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Starring: Pilou Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim You may like this if you liked: King’s Game (Nikolaj Arcel, 2004), Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow, 2012), United 93 (Paul Greengrass, 2006) On a usual run in the Indian Ocean, the Danish … Continue reading

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NEIGHBOURING SOUNDS (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2012)

  Starring: Irma Brown, Sebastião Formiga, Gustavo Jahn You may like this if you liked: Home (Muzaffer Özdemir, 2011), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011), Elena (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2011) Neighbouring Sounds tells the intertwining lives and … Continue reading

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THE BURFORD TOP 10: THE TOP TEN SCENES WHERE EVEN GROWN MEN ARE ALLOWED TO CRY

We all like a good cry from time to time and we all cry at certain films, which is one of the many reasons why we love them so much. We all cry at different films as they have different … Continue reading

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IN THE HOUSE (François Ozon, 2012)

Starring: Fabrice Luchini, Ernst Umhauer, Kristin Scott Thomas You may like this if you liked: Swimming Pool (François Ozon, 2003), Stranger Than Fiction (Zach Helm, 2006), Ruby Sparks (Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 2012) Germain (Luchini) is a literature teacher … Continue reading

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HOLY MOTORS (Leos Carax, 2012)

Starring: Denis Lavant, Edith Scob, Eva Mendez You may like this if you liked: Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, 2008), Lost Highway (David Lynch, 1997), O Lucky Man (Lindsay Anderson, 1973) So, we need a plot synopsis. Wish me luck! … Continue reading

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POST TENEBRAS LUX (Carlos Reygadas, 2012)

Starring: Adolfo Jiménez Castro, Nathalie Acevedo, Willebaldo Torres You may like this if you liked: To the Wonder (Terence Malick, 2012), The Banishment (Andrey Zvyagintsev, 2007), Keane (Lodge Kerrigan, 2004) Translating as Latin for “light after darkness”, Post Tenebras Lux … Continue reading

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