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Laid To Rest
Laid To Rest spends little time establishing characters or plot. A young woman (Bobbi...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:26
Look
A series of characters populate Look, their stories interlocking with varying degrees of subtlety....
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:25
Kicking The Dog
The people who made Kicking The Dog probably thought that they were making the...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:23
The Day The Earth Stopped
"By night they will come, by day we will be gone." Hmm, not a...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:21
Dragonquest
To begin with a positive, Dragonquest is filled with great locations. With a bigger...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:19
Shred
After tearing up the snowboarding scene back in the nineties, Max (Dave England) and...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:18
Green Street 2
Starting where Green Street Hooligans (which featured Elijah Wood as an American lured into...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:16
State Of Play
Director Kevin Macdonald (The Last King Of Scotland, Touching The Void) has effectively streamlined...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:13
Road To Roubaix
Like many niche documentaries, Dave Cooper and David Deal's loving Road To Roubaix sits...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:09
Night & The City
Rain-slicked American streets are the traditional battleground for film noir. But Jules Dassin's Night...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:04
Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist
Nick (Michael Cera) is refusing to accept his break-up with Tris (Alexis Dziena), and...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 15:01
Louise-Malle: Youth And Conflict
The films of Louis Malle are widely available on DVD. If you don't already...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:56
Le Petit Criminel (The Little Gangster)
This is an affecting take on the story of a social outcast. Jobbing...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:51
Defiance
Director Edward Zwick is a rarity: his films - regardless of their faults -...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:49
Coup De Torchon (Clean Slate)
The great Bertrand Tavernier (Around Midnight, It All Starts Today) is a solid craftsman...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:46
Brute Force
Screen legend Burt Lancaster stars in this very violent prison drama. Its plot, about...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:43
Black Gold
Following Tadesse Meskela, the manager of a major coffee co-op in Ethiopia, Black Gold...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:34
Ben X
This little film from Belgium is something of a first, as it brings the...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:09
3 Acts Of Murder
Should art be held accountable if it inspires someone's violent acts? Questions of artistic...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 14:03
Gomorrah
Gun shots ring out through a tanning salon. Walls of electric-blue UV bulbs are...
Uploaded September 28, 2009 13:51