Miskolc International Film Festival — A–Z of films

The closer the glance at the specifics, the more universal the plight becomes.

Taken as a whole, however, the director is trying too hard, pushing this family so far into caricature that we lose sight of the story of grief that is underpinning the shenanigans.

Certain Women is a film suffused in uncertainties.

A ragbag of cliches that owe a debt to everything from Romeo and Juliet to THX 1138.

Huppert's outstanding performance embraces with unswerving delicacy the controversial decisions she faces.

Dangerously thin on purpose

It's too brainless and uncomplicated to make us think twice about the plot.

Taika Waititi knows growing up isn't child's play but he also respects childhood as a place of adventure, where spontaneity rules and the possibilities are only limited by imagination.

Directors looking for inspiration in how to get things done on a budget, could take a leaf out of Szabolcs Hajdu's book.

The histrionics on display submerge everything else while the narrative pitch throws so much at the spectator that it is impossible to sympathise with anyone.

The randomness of death in times of war aside, Land Of Mine - perhaps unavoidably - leans towards the conventional in its overall narrative arc.

Whitman respects and relishes in Austen's creation but is no slave to it, inventing additional characters to help the story flow.

Mascaro is completely in control of his material.

The use of handheld camera is more distracting than immersive and gives the film a dated air, while the script refuses to dig beyond surface accusations and hand-wringing about the state of society.

A Nightmare On Elm Street remains an atmospheric and genuinely unsettling film with a chilling, universally relatable central motif: sleep gets everyone in the end.

Though shot on cheap black-and-white film stock, NOTLD was the film that would turn the whole horror genre blood red, with its innovative use of graphically realistic gore effects.

Definitely one of Arnie's best and a landmark action movie.

It may look and, even on family terms, feel nostalgic but Lazarescu makes sure we're aware of the tough choices facing her characters.

Michael Radford's film version of Orwell's masterpiece offers a faithful interpretation, but it is THX 1138 that captures the very essence of its stark warning against totalitarianism.

The film really shouldn’t work, but it does.

As befits a film set on a rapid commuter train, the pace rarely lets up.

Hossain allows Roya to embrace her freedom, showing intimate details of an affair that is allowed to have a much more positive impact on her life than is more often the case on film.