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We honestly couldn’t tell you what happens in Mute. And that’s not a spoiler warning. Alexander Skarsgård is a mute bartender searching for his missing girlfriend, Paul Rudd is a black-market surgeon and...

Malick poses questions about purpose and life whilst running on an empty tank. As expected, Emmanuel Lubezki (DP for Gravity and Birdman) achieves wonders for Malick, transforming urban landscapes and GoPro...

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How do you add tension to a story when the audience is already aware of your conclusion? Hirschbiegel wisely focuses Elser‘s attention upon the individual, exploring the why and what rather than the drama...

Following in the vein of Simon Curtis' last feature My Week with Marilyn, Woman in Gold is a safe yet surprisingly moving film. Mirren is on startling form, delivering one-liners and thoughtful...

Chock-full of surprises and nigh-on indefinable, Nasty Baby shocks, subverts and delights in equal measure - to say much more would risk revealing too much. Sharp and sardonic, this naturalistically-acted...

How can so much talent result in so little? This "dramatic" "comedy" misses every narrative beat, covering mental health, death, sex and money with no meaningful statement or focus. The script and...

Jiang Wen's Gone with the Bullets is 140 minutes of overzealous ambitious madness that makes Baz Luhrmann look vanilla. There's a phenomenal kinetic energy present, as they aim to attract both Western and...

The preconceptions about this film (equalling little more than a pile of cinematic manure) could cloud collective judgements in the strong opening 15 minutes. However the skepticism is, disappointingly,...

A sensitive and touching central performance from Ian McKellen is the most recommendable element of the functional but limited Mr. Holmes. Sadly the protagonist is failed on nearly all sides, hamstrung by...

Stunning Chilean landscapes and artful abstract imagery are the name of the game in Patricio Guzmán's poetic historical/natural documentary.With an approach that leans slightly towards style over substance,...

Jafar Panahi writes, directs and stars in this charming and humorous display of the eccentric spirit of Iranian society. Ostensibly a hidden camera documentary, a large part of the film's appeal lies in...

If you’ve got the cheek to basically rehash Vertigo in post-war Germany then the result better be good. This isn’t. Criminally devoid of drama or character developments, Petzold and Farocki’s script...