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Dance Film Festival — A–Z of films

2009

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  • Blind Passion - Raw Cut
    Review preview for Blind Passion - Raw Cut

    They don’t seem to have quite decided whether the dance is to be eroticised or, as it would appear, not.

    Chris · 3 out of 5
    Naked dancers perform a tango-inflected routine.
  • Bohemios
    Review preview for Bohemios

    Bohemios has conceptual depth and effortless, exquisite execution.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    Youth, age and exhaustion examined through tango.
  • Cafe De Los Maestros
    Review preview for Cafe De Los Maestros

    Never quite hits the mark.

    Andrew Robertson · 3 out of 5
    A celebratory film about the maestros of tango.
  • Ceolchuairt: Nua Eabhrac (Hoofin' Irish Style)
    Review preview for Ceolchuairt: Nua Eabhrac (Hoofin' Irish Style)

    Seosamh Ó Neachtain's enquiries, both verbally and with his dancing feet, are intelligent and illuminating.

    Chris · 3 out of 5
    Exploring the connection between traditional Irish dancing and New York-style tap.
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  • Flashdance
    Review preview for Flashdance

    The dance sequences are electrifying.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A steelworker spends her nights as an exotic dancer, saving up to go to ballet school.
  • Helioscope
    Review preview for Helioscope

    This is a beautifully composed work. Beautifully danced. Beautifully photographed.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    Join a dancer on her journey.
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  • In Cuba They're Still Dancing
    Review preview for In Cuba They're Still Dancing

    The film elicits a visceral sense of the roots of rumba.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    A Glaswegian woman visits Havana and discovers shared creative and political passions.
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  • Perhaps Love
    Review preview for Perhaps Love

    Endlessly inventive and technically impressive.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    Complex relationships develop between cast and crew members working on a musical.
  • Pictures On Wax
    Review preview for Pictures On Wax

    The dancers have a grasp that is no longer than their reach, so whatever gets onto camera is done well.

    Chris · 4 out of 5
    Music video showcasing dance.
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  • Routes
    Review preview for Routes

    Editing and cinematography are excellent, occasionally innovative.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    An exploration of the folk music of the American Deep South.
  • Swimming Pretty
    Review preview for Swimming Pretty

    See it if you get the chance.

    Chris · 3.5 out of 5
    Synchronised swimming Busby Berkeley style.
  • Swing Time
    Review preview for Swing Time

    Rightly regarded as Fred and Ginger’s greatest movie together.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    A gambler trying to win the money to marry his fiancee inadvertently falls for a dancer.
  • Thursdays Fictions
    Review preview for Thursdays Fictions

    Conceptually and cinematically, it is no less than a work of genius.

    Chris · 5 out of 5
    In a world where everyone lives for only one day each, Thursday tries to break the rules.
  • Tuesday
    Review preview for Tuesday

    Something of an oddity.

    Chris · 1 out of 5
    A man dances for video cameras.