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A Place in the Sun
(1951)
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Sarah Cronin
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With some excellent performances, and William C. Mellor’s gorgeous black and white cinematography, Stevens crafted a compelling, textured film that is much richer than a searing on-screen romance.
Posted Jan 13, 2026
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Re-Animator
(1985)
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Neil Mitchell
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The tangible, messy and ingenious effects on display here are far more entertaining to watch than any computer generated image ever could be.
Posted Oct 15, 2025
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Rollerball
(1975)
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Pamela Jahn
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Norman Jewison’s 1975 classic Rollerball... focuses the issues away from the game, to instead unravel the minutiae at the heart of corporate power and ownership.
Posted Jun 03, 2025
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Children of the Revolution
(2010)
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Virginie Sélavy
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What is extraordinary about Children of the Revolution is the daughters’ differences of opinion about their mothers’ involvement in revolutionary politics.
Posted Mar 15, 2022
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The Golem
(1920)
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Jim Harper
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Despite portraying a creature made of stone, [Paul Wegener] manages to create a surprising level of emotional expression, primarily through his eyes.
Posted Oct 13, 2020
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Horror of Dracula
(1958)
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Claudia Andrei
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Not only Hammer's first take on the Bram Stoker classic, but undoubtedly its finest.
Posted Oct 13, 2020
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Haxan
(1922)
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Virginie Sélavy
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For all the rationalist posturing it is the representation of the supernatural that makes Häxan so memorable.
Posted Oct 08, 2020
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Dementia
(1955)
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Pamela Jahn
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What is perhaps spookiest of all about this score, however, is the voice, often blended with woodwind to create a weird, theremin-like sound; singing eerie chromatic peals of wordless vocalese...
Posted Feb 28, 2020
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Tonite Let's All Make Love in London
(1967)
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Mark Stafford
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Tonite is a definite case of the right filmmaker at the right time.
Posted Mar 01, 2018
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Operation Kid Brother
(1967)
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Kim Newman
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... O.K. Connery is a hoot...
Posted Dec 21, 2017
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The Shout
(1978)
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Paul Huckerby
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It undoubtedly succeeds in creating a disturbing and quite genuinely creepy world.
Posted Dec 12, 2017
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Raging Sharks
(2005)
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Kim Newman
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Abyss-type soap-opera scientists alternate shouting at each other with heartfelt character dollops about children or hobbies which are supposed to make us upset when they die.
Posted Dec 01, 2017
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A Page of Madness
(1926)
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Pierre Kapitaniak
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... [director Teinosuke] Kinugasa's technical and artistic mastery is enough to make A Page of Madness a masterpiece of Japanese and, for that matter, world avant-garde cinema...
Posted Oct 27, 2017
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The Neon Demon
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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If anything, Refn has created an aesthetic experience, a hollow, surface-level satire that is pretty to look at, but little else.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Gimme Danger
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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Witty, loving and fuelled by some of the finest rock n' roll music, Gimme Danger is unashamedly nostalgic, yet it also makes you leave the cinema with a lump in your throat that there's just no one quite like the young Iggy in music anymore.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The Wailing
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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... although overlong and not without flaws, there is enough in The Wailing to warrant a viewing, and the subtle force of the film confirms Na Hong-jin's reputation as a director to be reckoned with.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Paterson
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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... Jarmusch's genius lies in capturing precisely the small moments and fine details that make life so special, no matter how trivial, or crazy, things may seem.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Personal Shopper
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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... ultimately here most of his stylistic choices fall flat, while the decision to capture the spirits in the form of smoky shadows simply feels lazy and unconvincing.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Hell or High Water
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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Labelled as a modern-day western, it might not bring anything new to the genre, but it's smart and ferocious and highly entertaining.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Loving
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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Loving is as good as a drama can be, but for everyone who admires the director's earlier films, it might be a disappointment.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The Handmaiden
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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The plot is deliciously twisted, while perceptions and truths are consistently challenged.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The Harvest
(2013)
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Pamela Jahn
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A slow-burn that stubbornly follows its own path, it is an impressively mature and weighty return to cinema for John McNaughton.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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In the Basement
(2014)
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Pamela Jahn
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To some extent, In the Basement is crafted in the same way that John Waters created Shock Value, an often fascinating, frequently creepy, unashamedly funny compilation of oddities and curiosities that are occasionally hard to digest.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The Lobster
(2015)
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Pamela Jahn
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While the first half is full of flavour, the second is unappetisingly bland.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Toni Erdmann
(2016)
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Pamela Jahn
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Toni Erdmann is that rare thing: a film that makes you laugh and cry, wince and twist in your seat all at once.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The Congress
(2013)
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Pamela Jahn
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The film is a fiercely original, bold and riveting meditation on the future of the silver screen and the stars that make it shine.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Maps to the Stars
(2014)
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Pamela Jahn
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... as fitting, seductive and gruesome as it is, Maps to the Stars somewhat feels at odds with the director's insistence that the film is anything but a satirical apocalypse.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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We Still Kill the Old Way
(1967)
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Pamela Jahn
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... it's impossible to resist and hard to shake off even long after you step out of his unsettling, expressive world.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The Rover
(2014)
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Pamela Jahn
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... the film still manages to maintain a fierce tension despite the flaws in its fractured plot and characterisation.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Go, Go Second Time Virgin
(1969)
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Pamela Jahn
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... the film's eerie tone and fractured approach to characterisation... provide the story with an intangibly lingering power and a seductive sense of mystery that sticks with you much longer than for the film's barely hour-long running time.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Breathless
(2009)
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Pamela Jahn
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Breathless is a lot more than a film about domestic violence in South Korea: it is no issue movie, but a profoundly singular, devastatingly powerful, intensely personal vision...
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Asyl: Park and Love Hotel
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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After all, Asyl demonstrates that it is still possible to craft an affecting, unpretentious and quietly entertaining film outside the framework of the pop genre.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Chiko
(2008)
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Pamela Jahn
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... its uneven blend of social criticism, domestic drama and gangster tragedy illustrates just how difficult it is to capture that distinctive Scarface quality.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Just Another Love Story
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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The film's emotional power comes from its double investigation of love and identity, falseness and authenticity.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Tony Manero
(2008)
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Pamela Jahn
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Superbly paced, deftly acted and pervaded with satirical wit, Tony Manero is full of a dangerous, manic energy that comes directly from its main character, a man capable of dazzling gestures and a remarkable self-control in spite of his confusion.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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White Lightnin'
(2009)
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Pamela Jahn
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Merging real-life events and unbridled fiction, writers (and co-producers) Shane Smith and Eddy Moretti have crafted a bold, nightmarish tale of Southern darkness...
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Katalin Varga
(2009)
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Pamela Jahn
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... Katalin Varga often hits a note of genuine otherworldliness, and the power of this slow-burning, nightmarish tale is utterly compelling...
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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The White Ribbon
(2009)
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Pamela Jahn
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But along with a finely crafted screenplay, the film's truly brilliant touch, and what makes this nightmarish fable all the more effective and original, is its stunning black and white photography.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Better Things
(2008)
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Pamela Jahn
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Although the film is flawed... it offers a powerful evocation of the desperate, tongue-tied helplessness that sets its various characters in motion, and which, in the film's riveting moments, echoes uneasily in the mind.
Posted Sep 27, 2017
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Three Monkeys
(2008)
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Pamela Jahn
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Three Monkeys is not without certain melodramatic flaws, but they are absorbed by the film's stylistic plausibility, by the way the framing and the stunning use of digital photography creates its own sort of psychological reality.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
(2008)
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Pamela Jahn
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In the end, however expansive, action-packed and powerfully shot The Baader-Meinhof Complex undoubtedly is, it remains a disturbing hybrid that leaves the viewer jaded, bizarrely perplex and ultimately unsatisfied.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Patti Smith: Dream of Life
(2008)
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Pamela Jahn
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The enormously influential punk rock poet, her music and poetry, and the times in which she flourished are indeed best served by a cinematic style that remains determinedly impressionistic.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Heavy Metal in Baghdad
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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Eddy Moretti and Suroosh Alvi's powerful yet soft-centred documentary about the Iraqi metal band Acrassicauda creates a fascinating portrait of life in Iraq as seen through the eyes of young metal-heads...
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Ben X
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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The ambitious themes are treated with great sensitivity and imaginative power in a tale that is both touching and beguiling, pushing beyond the form and frame of conventional feature-length fiction.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Savage Grace
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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A spellbinding tale of luxury, incest, madness and matricide...
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Spider Lilies
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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Although it is explicitly about the tentative romance between two young women, Spider Lilies touches upon the polarities that underlie all human relationships: honesty and dishonesty, trust and distrust, concession and repression.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Puffball
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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A lacklustre mishmash of voodoo humbug, pregnancy and domestic frustrations, set in a grey, desolate community in the Irish countryside, Puffball is carelessly plotted, haphazardly stringing together obscure scenes and all-too-obvious hints.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Zizek!
(2005)
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Pamela Jahn
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Watching this fresh, brief and enjoyable documentary on DVD is brilliantly stimulating and prompts one to think further about Slavoj iek's original, politically incorrect and ultimately vital analysis of society.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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The Go Master
(2006)
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Pamela Jahn
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... an elegant biopic with sufficient psychological complexity to draw audiences deeply into the characters' lives.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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Water Lilies
(2007)
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Pamela Jahn
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With little dialogue it is an intense film that, one feels, deeply reflects the director's personal experience.
Posted Sep 26, 2017
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