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Messy, but itinerant emotional associativity a plus. Problem: tactility of effects not matched by emotional wallop

Fitfully linear, gleeful while it Waltzes, but galloping first hour handicapped down to enervating Candyland canter

Precisely-realized Mann-ly procedural, duty icily gazumped by ambiguous motivations. Heart-pounding, non-triumphalist.

Remorseless grimness lifted by committed performances, but thematic concerns only partially served by storyline twists

Gripes about ‘VHS’ aspect aside, a portmanteau of efficient – if strikingly bland - found footage stories; Skype-ological 4th chapter pick of the bunch

Graceful serenity found in the wake of corporeal trauma. Dizzying disorientation gives way to rapt, unabashed sensuality

Staid, sophomoric meta-ness wearisome, causing gags to fall flat. Outer narrative shell dull cf scripts-within-script

Humanity, and Haneke, stripped bare. Unfliching, insidiously horrifying, unimpeachably performed, though restraint borders on passivity

Pulsating, fastidious ice-cold noir & dissection of Russian society, elegantly camouflaged beneath surface of glacial mundanity

A Charmless Experience in Gruelling Intertextuality. Setup wilts under limp characterization, jumps too often perfunctory

Playful yet gripping, poking at liberal earnestness while examining authorship, voyeurism & our need for narrati..(à suivre)

Amiability marred by misplaced crassness, but smart & witty throughout, reflexively subverting teen movie tropes with aplomb