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As an East German wannabe emigré thaws, so does this cool thriller-turned-melodrama – and Catherine Wheatley sees new reason for international audiences to engage with the work of its director Christian Petzold.
Friday 28 September 2012 -
From the Magazine
Leos Carax’s portmanteau of cinema-swansong sketches is nearly as marvellous as it is mercurial, finds Ginette Vincendeau.
Friday 28 September 2012 -
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Killing Them Softly
2008 comes over all 70s twilight in Andrew Dominik’s adaptation of a novel by Boston crime chronicler George V. Higgins. But why the directorial steroids, wonders Trevor Johnston?
Friday 21 September 2012 -
From the Magazine
Lies pile on lies in Asghar Farhadi’s devastating dissection of Tehrani upper-middle-class dissimulation, finds Philip Kemp.
Friday 14 September 2012 -
The past is Old Hollywood, Phil Spector’s wall of sound, colonial escapades and the passions of youth in Miguel Gomes’ plaintive and dazzling movie odyssey, finds Trevor Johnston.
Friday 7 September 2012 -
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Film of the week: Berberian Sound Studio
A bold evocation of the eras of both analogue sound and the Italian giallo, Peter Strickland’s Katalin Varga follow-up is smart, stylish, witty – and just a mite bloodless, finds Sam Davies.
Friday 31 August 2012 -
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Film of the week: The Imposter
Bart Layton’s beguiling investigative doc of a French cuckoo in a broken Texan home unpicks layers of deception and pain – and still leaves an unsolved enigma at its end, says Lisa Mullen.
Saturday 25 August 2012 -
From the Magazine
Michelle Williams’s bohemian young wife itches for magic in Sarah Polley’s gauche but deeply bittersweet romantic fable, says Catherine Wheatley.
Friday 17 August 2012 -
From the Magazine
Film review: Ai Weiwei Never Sorry
Art and activism merge in Alison Klayman’s access-most-areas portrait of the formidable Chinese dissident.
Friday 10 August 2012 -
Film of the month: A Simple Life
Ann Hui’s touching A Simple Life marks a change of pace for Hong Kong action star Andy Lau, but it’s veteran actress Deanie Ip who really shines in this beautifully observed tale of an aged family retainer. By Roger Clarke.
Friday 3 August 2012
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