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Deauville Festival of American Cinema — A–Z of films

2013

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  • 20 Feet From Stardom
    Review preview for 20 Feet From Stardom

    This is great stuff - a fantastic musical documentary.

    Andrew Robertson · 4.5 out of 5
    Backing singers tell their stories.
  • Ain't Them Bodies Saints
    Review preview for Ain't Them Bodies Saints

    Lowery's nostalgia works because it is so sincere and does not question America's fascination with Bonnie and Clyde as an excuse for bad deeds.

    Anne-Katrin Titze · 4.5 out of 5
    Love story about an escaped outlaw and the wife who waits for him.
  • All Is Lost
    Review preview for All Is Lost

    It's a courageous performance in more ways than one.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    One man must battle to survive after his boat sinks in the ocean.
  • Behind The Candelabra
    Review preview for Behind The Candelabra

    It is quite something to witness Douglas and Damon embrace the characters quite so authentically.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    The story of legendarily flamboyant entertainer Liberace and the man who loved him.
  • Blue Jasmine
    Review preview for Blue Jasmine

    Blue Jasmine has all the wit and insight of classics from Allen's autumnal period.

    Jeff Robson · 4 out of 5
    A troubled woman travels to San Francisco to spend time with the sister she hardly knows.
  • Blue Ruin
    Review preview for Blue Ruin

    Visually arresting, impressively taut and enjoyably idiosyncratic.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    Unexpected news transforms an easy-going vagrant into a man bent on revenge.
  • Breathe In
    Review preview for Breathe In

    Director Drake Doremus handles the material superbly, aware of its pitfalls and sensitive to all the vagaries of human behaviour which make these characters so intriguing.

    Robert Munro · 4 out of 5
    The arrival of an exchange student reawakens a middle aged man's musical ambitions.
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  • Dancing In Jaffa
    Review preview for Dancing In Jaffa

    The story told is generally more interesting than the telling of it.

    Rebecca Naughten · 3.5 out of 5
    A documentary about a man trying to bring Israeli and Palestinian children together through ballroom dancing.
  • Fruitvale Station
    Review preview for Fruitvale Station

    The film takes an even-handed view of its main protagonist, illustrating faults on both sides of the divide.

    Richard Mowe · 4 out of 5
    The true story of Oscar Grant, who set out one day to try and bcome a better person and ended up in a shocking encounter at Fruitvale station.
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  • Joe
    Review preview for Joe

    Cage takes commanding ownership of the somewhat familiar material and milieu.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    When an ex-con meets a teenager who looks to him for inspiration, he has to decide, once and for all, what to do with his life.
  • Killing Season
    Review preview for Killing Season

    The nagging thought during the 90 minutes is how far two these one-time Hollywood’s A-listers have fallen.

    Richard Mowe · 1 out of 5
    American and Serb soldiers who fought on opposite sides in the Bosnia War clash once again in a tense, action-packed game of cat and mouse set in the gorgeous yet inaccessible Appalachian Mountains.
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  • Our Nixon
    Review preview for Our Nixon

    A fascinating watch.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    Super-8 film shot by Nixon's aides documenting the presidency.
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  • Rush
    Review preview for Rush

    Undoubtedly a classy mainstream product.

    Jeff Robson · 3.5 out of 5
    The rivalry between Formula One drivers James Hunt and Niki Lauda comes to a fateful head at the 1976 German Grand Prix.
  • Seduced And Abandoned
    Review preview for Seduced And Abandoned

    Deeply tedious and bereft of purpose.

    Jennie Kermode · 1.5 out of 5
    A documentary about filmmakers' attempts to raise money to make a film.
  • Short Term 12
    Review preview for Short Term 12

    The film’s simplicity is its strength.

    Richard Mowe · 3 out of 5
    Story of a counsellor at a foster care centre.
  • Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors
    Review preview for Stand Clear Of The Closing Doors

    Few portrayals of autism spectrum disorders in film have ever had the authenticity of this.

    Jennie Kermode · 4 out of 5
    A boy with Asperger's syndrome goes riding on the New York subway for days as his distraught mother searches for him.
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  • We Are What We Are
    Review preview for We Are What We Are

    Ambyr Childers conveys the pressure the world-weary Iris is under brilliantly, while Julia Garner shines as the otherworldly Rose.

    David Graham · 4 out of 5
    A cannibal family faces an uncertain future following a bereavement.
  • White House Down
    Review preview for White House Down

    Once the explosions begin to kick in the film concentrates on Tatum and Foxx on the run - an easy-going and watchable pairing that displays real chemistry.

    Richard Mowe · 2 out of 5
    An off-duty police officer touring the White House with his daughter is the only man who can save the President when terrorists attack.