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  • Bruce (2009)
    Review preview for Bruce

    Entertaining, inventive, and bleak.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    Using synthetic biological technology, a young man grows his own action hero.
  • Buffalo Death Mask (2013)
    Review preview for Buffalo Death Mask

    There isn't enough to get a proper grasp of.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    Abstracted images of a conversation with the artist Stephen Andrews.
  • Bulb (2007)
    Review preview for Bulb

    Despite some stunning visual work, Bulb verges on nonsense.

    Andrew Robertson · 2 out of 5
    In a dystopian future, a sculptress completes her masterpiece.
  • Bumble Beeing: Part 1 - The Butterfly Effect (2003)
    A sting in the tale.
  • Bump, Tick, Scratch (2005)
    Review preview for Bump, Tick, Scratch

    Odd? Definitely.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    A punk drummer cuts up old vinyl records.
  • Burger Van Champion (2013)
    Review preview for Burger Van Champion

    Genuinely funny, heart-warming.

    Andrew Robertson · 4 out of 5
    A young woman hopes to win the heart of the man she adores by winning an eating competition.
  • A Bus Ride And Flowers In Her Hair (2005)
    A boy rides a bus on a sultry day.
  • Butterfly (2003)
    Imagine a kaleidoscope where shodows become leaves.
  • Butterfly (2007)
    Review preview for Butterfly

    Clever direction helps us empathise with Gemma, not just peer in at her life voyeuristically.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A girl talks about her Albinism.
  • By The Grace Of God (2009)
    Review preview for By The Grace Of God

    This is a tiresome movie, squeezing a 15-minute story into an intolerable 37 minutes.

    Scott Macdonald · 1.5 out of 5
    A blue-blooded German plots to meet the Queen, leading to a personal crisis.

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