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London Film Festival

Song for Marion (aka Unfinished Song) (trailer)

Thu, Feb 14, 2013
2 comments

Saw this at London Film Festival last October. Loved it something fierce. Review soon.

| 2 Comments

No (trailer)

Wed, Feb 06, 2013
2 comments

This might be the best movie I saw at the London Film Festival last year…

| 2 Comments

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God documentary review

Tue, Feb 05, 2013
33 comments

“Angry” doesn’t even begin to cover how this film makes me feel. It probably won’t cover you, either.

| 33 Comments

Antiviral (review)

Mon, Feb 04, 2013
4 comments

Disturbing body-horror dark satire that sends up our obsession with celebrity…

| 4 Comments

Everyday (review)

Wed, Jan 23, 2013
1 comment

A remarkable and unlikely sort of love story, and another triumph from Michael Winterbottom…

| 1 Comment

Quartet (review)

Tue, Jan 22, 2013
5 comments

A lovely film with heartfelt performances from a fantastic cast that focuses on the upsides of getting older…

| 5 Comments

West of Memphis (London Film Festival review)

Thu, Dec 20, 2012
1 comment

Public perception and police misconduct take well-deserved raps here, as do larger issues of American injustice…

| 1 Comment

Seven Psychopaths (London Film Festival review)

Fri, Dec 07, 2012
17 comments

Bursting with equal parts exasperation, despair, cultural criticism, and black comedy…

| 17 Comments

Great Expectations (London Film Festival review)

Fri, Nov 30, 2012
2 comments

I love it when a film that is “supposed” to be all stuffy and classic turns out to be this electric and alive…

| 2 Comments

The Hunt (Jagten) (London Film Festival review)

Fri, Nov 30, 2012
2 comments

The mass hysteria surrounding child sexual abuse has never seen as compelling or as cautionary an examination as the tragic mess this riveting Danish film delves into.

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