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Cinecity

15 November – 2 December 2012

Brighton's film showcase celebrates its 10th edition in 2012. The festival takes place across 12 venues from November 15 to December 2. It will open with Martin McDonagh's Seven Psycopaths and close with Iain Faulkner's Trickster.

In addition to the categories below, the festival is also showing a range of short films and a series of events with artist Jeff Keen. There will also be a weekend of 'pop up' cinema music and film events. For further details, visit the official site.

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Latest reviews

  • I Wish
    Review preview for I Wish

    Hirokazu Koreeda's childhood adventure is a sweet and subtle tale of friendship, generosity of spirit and the triumph of hope over expectation.

    Amber Wilkinson · 5 out of 5
    Two brothers hatch a plot to make their reunion wish come true.
  • Art Will Save The World
    Review preview for Art Will Save The World

    The title of Niall McGann’s documentary is a joke, elevating the work to a level of self-importance that the mischief therein consistently and amusingly undercuts.

    Michael Pattison · 3.5 out of 5
    A look at the work, life and legacy of Luke Haines.
  • In The House
    Review preview for In The House

    Ozon loves to let his audience's perceptions clash.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4 out of 5
    Fiction and reality become blurred between a teacher and student.
  • Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigríður Níelsdóttir
    Review preview for Grandma Lo-Fi: The Basement Tapes Of Sigríður Níelsdóttir

    Sigríður is the kind of spontaneous interviewee documentarians dream of.

    Jennie Kermode · 4.5 out of 5
    The true story of the elderly woman who, by chance, started making experimental music with ordinary household objects, and became a cult star.
  • No
    Review preview for No

    Pablo Larraín's No is a resounding yes!

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 5 out of 5
    Gael Garcia Bernal stars as a Chilean adman trying to organize a campaign to unseat Pinochet in Pablo Larraín’s smart, engrossing political thriller.
  • Quartet
    Review preview for Quartet

    Dustin Hoffman's condescending direction turns old people into horrible giggling puppets.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 2 out of 5
    Four ageing opera singers are reunited in a retirement home.
  • V/H/S
    Review preview for V/H/S

    The movie hits some nasty sweet spots but also falls foul of numerous genre cliches, both old and new.

    Neil Mitchell · 2.5 out of 5
    A horror anthology based around the theft of an old video tape.
  • Gimme The Loot
    Review preview for Gimme The Loot

    Vibrant, funny and ultimately touching, Leon's loose limbed narrative is an ode to both the tribulations of adolescence and the city in which it's set.

    Neil Mitchell · 3.5 out of 5
    A pair of graffiti artists attempt to pull off a daring tagging mission
  • Now, Forager
    Review preview for Now, Forager

    I struggle to see how the movie will appeal to 'foodies' let alone those for who food is a run-of-the-mill necessity, especially with such unsympathetic leads as our eyes and ears.

    Neil Mitchell · 1 out of 5
    A foraging couple's relationship unravels under differing expectations.
  • Seven Psychopaths
    Review preview for Seven Psychopaths

    McDonagh just about makes this ultra violent meta train ride all hang together.

    Owen Van Spall · 3.5 out of 5
    A booze-fuelled screenwriter becomes entangled in the Los Angeles underworld.

A–Z of Cinecity 2012 reviews

Features

  • Maison d'être
    Director François Ozon on In The House, teachers and falling in love.
  • Inside Shell
    Scott Graham on his dad/daughter drama.
  • Man in the No
    We talk to Pablo Larraín about his Oscar-nominated film.

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