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Margin Call 2011
A small film that is brimming with tension, fear and razor performances. Eminently rewatachable and a terrifying look into how the world financial market works.
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Midnight in Paris 2011
Simple. Elegant. Inspirational. I adored it. Shows you can go high-concept without explaining it. This is the film I will return to when I feel creatively lost.
Wonderful message about the importance of living in your own lifetime.
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Melancholia 2011
Better than Tree Of Life (yeah, I just said that), which was just theme. Here theme and story combine wonderfully. Powerful and gorgeously shot. The beginning is even more spectacular on a rewatch. Sticks with you, the most haunting film about the end of the world. If this is how we're going to go out, I'm on board.
EDIT: The other thing that struck me so deeply was the film's depiction of depression, something that so often is misunderstood in…
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011
This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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Bill Cunningham New York 2011
Wonderful look inside the life of the 80-year-old street fashion photographer for the NYT. A marvelous character and an unobtrusive look at his life and work.
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Best Worst Movie 2009
Fun, energetic and heart-warming. Margo is a tragic figure, and the director is bizzare and un-not-watchable. Still need to see Troll 2.
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Another Earth 2011
High-concept, tiny film, character driven. Great performances, and a film that leaves you asking questions about yourself. Impressive on such a shoestring budget.
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The September Issue 2009
A look inside Vogue. Interesting, but would have liked to have more of a focus on Anna Wintour herself. We know she's a fascinating character, but the film chooses to focus more on the process of compiling the issue. Grace Coddington had the story I was looking for from Anna.
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Hanna 2011
Stunning film. It's an indie movie disguised as an action film. Brilliant direction, amazing performance. You can't imagine she's a teenage girl - she's so badass and believable. Would pay good money to see her and Jason Bourne go head-to-head. The set pieces were wonderful, and the art direction bold and always interesting, And that ending!
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The Adventures of Tintin 2011
First off, the animation is AMAZING. You've never seen anything like it. But the story is nothing, the dialogue weak and the characters (with the exception of Haddock) incredibly thinly drawn. But worth seeing for the animation alone.
My problem comes down to context. When the comics were published, (which I adore and grew up on), the story-telling, the tone, the humour was softer, simple, even innocent, if I insist on being pretentious. It's not that these elements are unable…
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Winter's Bone 2010
Wonderful characters. A story about strength.
