The film resembles a portrait in stillness, as the fate of the alleged victim is replaced in the mind of the audience by the reality of this other girl’s life.
A missing girl's police reconstruction prompts her proxy to fill in the psychological gaps in herself.
The good stuff is fairly evenly distributed which helps to keep the film watchable, but Yagher's work in building up atmosphere is repeatedly squandered.
A descendant of the toymaker who made the original Hellraiser puzzle box sets out to close the gates to Hell forever. In space.
The camerawork is handled better than in many such works, and the layered plot adds a modicum of mystery, but the characters are woefully underdeveloped and the acting flat and toneless.
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary film crew visits the scene of the tragedy to investigate what really happened that night.
Impressionistic direction, bolstered by Lalo Schifrin's evocative scoring, expertly conveys the alternately claustrophobic-agorophobic relationships between the two men and the environment.
Two soldiers on opposite sides bury differences and work together to escape desert island.
Although teetering on the brink of soppiness in places, and treading a well-worn path, the soft in the middle script is lifted immeasurably by towering performances.
A miserable musician finds love comes lately after he heads to Serbia for a marriage of convenience.
An low-key and enigmatic portrayal of the alienation, disillusionment and loss of direction that have become widespread among young people in contemporary China.
A season pretty much split down the middle, all the good work of the latter episodes will probably have been missed by viewers that have switched off already.
The race is on to find a formula that will give normal folk super abilitites.
Some might consider Sandrine’s documentary an act of courage in the pursuit of truth, while others, distressed by the exposure of her sister's humiliation, may see it as an intrusion into personal grief.
Sandrine Bonnaire documents the sad life of her autistic sister.
A warm, wise and witty examination of male/female relations so grounded in the real that makes Sex and the City look as insightful as a stool softener TV ad.
If you’re sick of Hollywood teen movies that can’t see past the end of their next tube of lip gloss, this Aussie alternative is well worth checking out.
The story sometimes lacks thrust, but when it isn’t working, something new will be on screen soon enough.
Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.
This testimony from a part of the Second World War that is often forgotten in the West is a valuable contribution to the records.
The director reflects on the fate of her grandparents, who moved from Italy to Japan and were interned in a civilian prison camp after refusing to pledge their allegiance to Mussolini’s Republic of Salò.
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