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

Posted on June 24, 2013 by MoodyB

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)

Posted on June 23, 2013 by MoodyB

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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)

Posted on June 10, 2013 by MoodyB

  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

Posted on May 20, 2013 by MoodyB

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)

Posted on May 13, 2013 by MoodyB

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)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by MoodyB

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)

Posted on May 2, 2013 by MoodyB

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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BEYOND THE HILLS (Cristian Mungiu, 2012)

Posted on April 24, 2013 by MoodyB

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Starring: Cosmina Stratan, Christina Flutur, Valeriu Andriuta You may like this if you liked: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu, 2008), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011), Biutiful (Alejandro Gonźalez Iñárritu, 2010) Inspired … Continue reading →

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LORE (Cate Shortland, 2012)

Posted on April 15, 2013 by MoodyB

Starring: Saskia Rosendahl, Nele Trebs, Kai-Peter Malina You may like this if you liked: Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985), The Downfall of Berlin: Anonyma (Max Färberböck, 2008), The Tin Drum (Volker Schlöndorff) Lore is adapted from one of the … Continue reading →

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5 BROKEN CAMERAS (Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi, 2011)

Posted on April 5, 2013 by MoodyB

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Starring: Emad Burnat, Soyraya Burnat, Mohammed Burnat You may like this if you liked: In This World (Michael Winterbottom, 2002), Frontier Blues (Babak Jalali, 2009), Times and Winds (Reha Erdem, 2006) 5 Broken Cameras begins with Israeli authorities erecting a … Continue reading →

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