31 December 2014

Best of 2014: Cinema

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Few years in recent memory have felt as lousy as 2014. I fear that I might make such a claim every year, but in looking back, it's ...

Best of 2014: Honorable Mention, Nymphomaniac (Lars von Trier)

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Nymphomaniac . Lars von Trier. Denmark/Germany/France/Belgium. I don't even know what to really say about Lars von Trier's f...

Best of 2014: #10. Only Lovers Left Alive (Jim Jarmusch)

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#10. Only Lovers Left Alive . Jim Jarmusch. UK/Germany/France/Greece/Cyprus. Director Jim Jarmusch ( Stranger than Paradise , Myster...

Best of 2014: #9. Obvious Child (Gillian Robespierre)

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#9. Obvious Child . Gillian Robespierre. USA. It's not everyday that I walk away from a film with as many scatological jokes as ...

Best of 2014: #8. Child's Pose (Călin Peter Netzer)

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#8. Child's Pose ( Poziția copilului ). Călin Peter Netzer. Romania. Winner of the Golden Bear at last year's Berlinale and...

Best of 2014: #7. Maps to the Stars (David Cronenberg)

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#7. Maps to the Stars . David Cronenberg. Canada/Germany/USA/France. It only takes a few minutes into David Cronenberg's Maps to...

Best of 2014: #6. Abuse of Weakness (Catherine Breillat)

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#6. Abuse of Weakness ( Abus de faiblesse ). Catherine Breillat. France/Germany/Belgium. Perhaps still best known for their brilli...

Best of 2014: #5. Misunderstood (Asia Argento)

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#5. Misunderstood ( Incompresa ). Asia Argento. Italy/France. In her third outing as director, Asia Argento physically takes hersel...

Best of 2014: #4. Xenia (Panos H. Koutras)

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#4. Xenia . Panos H. Koutras. Greece/France/Belgium. There are a lot of films out there that are hard to sell others on. The most co...

Best of 2014: #3. Ida (Paweł Pawlikowski)

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#3. Ida . Paweł Pawlikowski. Poland/Denmark/France/UK. As many of you know, I have a Tumblr extension of this blog which features hu...

Best of 2014: #2. Force majeure (Ruben Östlund)

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 #2. Force majeure ( Turist ). Ruben Östlund. Sweden/France/Norway. Set entirely on an isolated tourist ski resort somewhere in ...

The Two Worst Films of 2014

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My therapist and I agreed that not dwelling on the negative (as I have been known to do) might be a fun new thing for me to try, so I...
16 March 2014

J-C Superstar: A Review of Antony Hickling's Little Gay Boy Triptych

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Little Gay Boy 2013, France Antony Hickling Films like Antony Hickling's Little Gay Boy aren't the sort you come across a lot th...