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Encounters — A–Z of films

2008

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  • 2 Birds
    Review preview for 2 Birds

    To make a film that is touchingly beautiful at the same time as dealing with very bad things is a remarkable achievement.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4.5 out of 5
    A group of teenagers experiment with ketamine and find themselves out of their depth.
  • Christmas With Dad
    Review preview for Christmas With Dad

    This could have been a hatchet job... but McCormack’s film digs a lot deeper than that.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A family prepare for Christmas.
  • The Crumblegiant
    Review preview for The Crumblegiant

    Inquisitive and bright children of all ages will surely love the lusciously produced and imaginative animation.

    Scott Macdonald · 3 out of 5
    Half-remembered charcoal dreams from childhood.

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  • Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight
    Review preview for Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight

    The animation is exquisitely timed for terrific comic impact.

    Scott Macdonald · 4 out of 5
    A businessman reaches the end of his tether.
  • Last Time In Clerkenwell
    Review preview for Last Time In Clerkenwell

    Utterly bonkers but brimming with ingenuity.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    Birds go bonkers.
  • Leaving
    Review preview for Leaving

    Penfold and Hearn keep their camera close, hugging tight to the emotional depth provided by Harris and Wareing.

    Amber Wilkinson · 4 out of 5
    A battered wife tries to find the courage to leave her husband.

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  • Madame Tutli-Putli
    Review preview for Madame Tutli-Putli

    The art direction is simultaneously gorgeous (beautiful lighting and well-crafted sets), yet lumpen, curved and ugly, as though exorcised from an exaggerated Expressionistic dream.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    A woman boards a train with all her worldly goods.

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  • Radiohead "There There"
    Review preview for Radiohead "There There"

    The technique is interesting and it's fantastical, Alice In Wonderland style imagery is a match for the track.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Fantastical video set in the woods.
  • Space Travel According To John
    Review preview for Space Travel According To John

    It is hard to imagine three minutes that could leave you gripped so hard with so little.

    Chris · 4.5 out of 5
    A ten year old boy explains his space travel plans in this award winning animated film
  • Sleeping Betty
    Review preview for Sleeping Betty

    Full of gleeful anachronisms... brilliant.

    Andrew Robertson · 5 out of 5
    The palace try to wake their princess.
  • The Suburban Train
    Review preview for The Suburban Train

    As a sample of guerrilla film-making it is accomplished, in that the passengers seem completely unaware that their stories are being documented.

    Amber Wilkinson · 3.5 out of 5
    Examination of faces on a Russian commuter train.