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John Gillett

John Gillett's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).

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The Ascent (1977) 100% EDIT “Unhappily, these Passion Play references are forced a little too much in the playing, yet it has amazing moments.” – Daily Telegraph (UK) Mar 1, 2022 Full Review Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957) 79% EDIT “Despite the over-facile resolution of the last scene, one's final impression is of an emotional drama of considerable intensity.” – Sight & Sound Mar 31, 2020 Full Review More Than a Miracle (1967) 43% EDIT “Having been granted such a visual feast, it seems grudging to complain about the awkward dubbing.” – Sight & Sound Mar 18, 2020 Full Review EDIT “The film's unaffected purity of style, and the intense poetic quality of the playing, make it an unusually rewarding, and often moving, experience.” – Sight & Sound Mar 18, 2020 Full Review The Scarlet Empress (1934) 86% EDIT “Dietrich's sweetly accented delivery makes the most of both good and bad lines.” – Sight & Sound Mar 17, 2020 Full Review Povest Plamennykh Let (1961) EDIT “Too many scenes are impregnated with a kind of crude Stalinist bombast, so that fervour turns into style less rhetoric.” – Sight & Sound Mar 17, 2020 Full Review Battle of Austerlitz (1960) 40% EDIT “The film has all the hallmarks of a great big bore (even in this heavily cut version, the first hair does seem pretty interminable); and yet the personality of its creator is there all the time, mixing dross with gold as he has always done.” – Sight & Sound Mar 17, 2020 Full Review Time Stood Still (1958) EDIT “[Director Ermanno Olmi's] is the gentlest, quietest form of observation, effortlessly detailed, always alert to the interaction between character and background.” – Sight & Sound Mar 17, 2020 Full Review The Guns of Navarone (1961) 92% EDIT “Above all, the film lacks a firm controlling hand which would have ironed out passages of incoherent editing and made the climax really tell.” – Sight & Sound Feb 11, 2020 Full Review Exodus (1960) 65% EDIT “Exodus, then, sees Preminger's sheer movie-making talent at its most extended. Unhappily, the ability to sustain a large canvas does not necessarily result in a good film.” – Sight & Sound Feb 11, 2020 Full Review The World of Apu (1959) 97% EDIT “Apu is not only the logical last act of the trilogy but a unique work in its own right.” – Sight & Sound Feb 10, 2020 Full Review Jalsaghar (1960) 100% EDIT “Although it cannot be said to outclass the best parts of [Ray's Apu] trilogy, it proves to be an engrossing experiment in a deliberately minor key.” – Sight & Sound Feb 10, 2020 Full Review Ankur (1974) 100% EDIT “[Ankur] ntroduces a marvellous new actress, Shabana Azmi, as Lakshmi, and it is she who gives the central relationship its suppressed sensuality and force.” – Sight & Sound Jan 28, 2020 Full Review The Truth (1960) 67% EDIT “The basic fault can be traced to a script which attempts an examination of French criminal procedure brought face to face with the confused habits of the younger generation.” – Monthly Film Bulletin Jan 8, 2018 Full Review How the West Was Won (1962) 88% EDIT “Here, then, is a film with apparently something for everyone. Certainly its team of four ace cameramen have provided a full quota of visual splendours and the rich colour definition in the long shots communicates an authentic thrill of pleasure.” – Sight & Sound Jun 18, 2012 Full Review
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